Tania Libre

Tania Libre

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 14, 2017

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Tania Libre

Director

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Description

In 2015 reknown Cuban artist Tania Bruguera was imprisoned in Havana after advocating for freedom of expression. Shortly after her release she returned to the United States and located Dr. Frank M. Ochberg, the founding father of trauma therapy, particularly PTSD and Stockholm Syndrome. The filmed therapy sessions between them exposes an intimate yet profound analysis of Cuba, surveillance and the politics in of repression embedded in government and family structures.