Cultural leaders urge support for coalition to take radical change from city halls to national governmentHe was one of the best-known figures of La Movida Madrileña,the counter-cultural movement that swept Spain after the death of President Francisco Franco, his lens capturing the transformation of Spanish society as it shed the shackles of nearly 40 years of dictatorship.
More than three decades later, or filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar believes Spain is again on the cusp of transformation. “We broke down barriers with the sudden explosion in 2011 of the 15-M movement [the grassroots protests that saw thousands occupy the main squares in Spanish cities] and since then we enjoy been pushing the boundaries for change,” the director wrote recently in an open letter signed by 120 main cultural figures in Spain.
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Source: theguardian.com