DON BARRY

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DON BARRY is a 94 minute cinematic exploration (in English and Spanish, with subtitles) that seeks to place the first great modern narrative, Don Quixote, into the lives of real people in a real place.

      The film introduces the experimental filmmaker Barry Gerson, now in his eighties, as Don Barry, who mixes his own thoughts into the character's speech, much as Miguel de Cervantes' hero mingled chivalric quotes with his own ideas. Genda Monter, a young animator, is the Don's assistant Sanchia. The setting is the Mexican city of Guanajuato during its high season. 

     Don Barry's themes are the same as those in Cervantes' great novel: mortality, dreams versus accomplishment, and the means by which one retains sanity in a mad world. In addition, dives into the beauty of Gerson's experimental cinema and his work at taking what he's learned about light as an inspiration for healing. As well as the beauty of allowing one's life work to become transformative, and to allow the landscapes we inhabit to provide catharsis for inner growth.

​      Music is by Karen y Los Remedios and Jiony, two contemporary existential Cumbia artists; the GTO Imp Symph and its talented composers Michael Severens and Alex Applegate; and the late folk-jazz genius John Martyn.

​​     DON BARRY is available for all markets following a season of film festival premieres and special benefit screenings in honor of the experimental film world that Gerson has emerged from, as well as a number of causes championed by its various collaborators.

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