The memory of the possible against the official History. Interview with Luis Olano, director of the documentary Sender Barayón. Journey into the light (2019)

Abstract

This film is a journey through the 20th century, by Ramón Sender Barayón and his memory. From the Spain of the Civil War, repression and exile, to the sunny California of the counterculture, the golden years of rock, psychedelia and hippies. Ramón (Madrid, 1934) is an experimental composer and pioneer of electronic music, artist and writer. Child of war, exiled to the United States with his father, Ramón J. Sender, one of the most important Spanish writers of the 20th century, with works such as Imán or Requiem by a Spanish peasant. Orphan of Amparo Barayón, pianist, feminist and republican activist, shot in Zamora during the Civil War, which would mark the fate of this family forever.