Segunda Vez - True/False Film Fest

Segunda Vez

This radical reimagining of the biopic re-enacts the “happenings” and “anti-happenings” of Argentinian psychoanalyst Oscar Masotta.
Director: Dora García
Runtime: 1:34
In-person: Director Dora García
Fest Year: 2019
Dora García (The Joycean Society, T/F 2014) pays tribute to the late Argentinian psychoanalyst Oscar Masotta, who transformed his writings into a megaphone to protest fascism and promote expressions of liberation. García re-creates Masotta’s enigmatic work in different settings, from his home country to Europe, where he was forced into exile. In one “happening,” García assembles two groups on a cliff top, with different understandings of why they are there, and we slowly come to understand how a theater director can elicit, from a group of actors, the same level of terror associated with fascistic police states. Increasingly making her intentions clear, García explores the troublingly thin line between true and false during a harrowing interrogation scene. Segunda Vez radically reimagines the biographical profile, shedding all clichés in favor of an immersive film that’s elusive, visceral, and deeply relevant. (PS) All screenings preceded by a provocation from Rashayla Marie Brown.