Artistic Differences Invites Dora García

In our third episode, Artistic Differences has invited Dora García to speak about her formidable film Si Pudiera Desear Algo (If I Could Wish for Something) which traces the contemporary resonances of the rich feminist legacy of Alexandra Kollontai, a prominent Marxist theorist, Soviet revolutionary, radical feminist, and sex activist that Garcia calls,“the holy patron of dissident sexuality”. García collaborates with r artist La Bruja De Texcoco who opens up pathways of liberation, gender fluidity and an inclusive feminism in her work as a musical performer.In García’s film, La Bruja sonically grounds documentation of the incredible feminist demonstrations that appropriated public space and public discourse across Mexico City in the last 5 years. 

Our hosts, Cíntia Gil (Independent Programmer) and Christopher Allen (UnionDocs Founder), came together with Dora García and talked through the many questions and thoughts that surfaced in our monthly cineclub and from viewing the film. 

Listen in to learn more about García’s expansive practice - one that hopes to think beyond individualistic, neoliberal conceptions of feminism. Her films urge us to recognize how a woman’s individual sexual emancipation, economic independence, and ways of opening up community beyond normative models of family are intertwined with more collective revolutionary struggles against capitalism and patriarchy.

The film is now streaming on the UnionDocs membership. We invite you to tune into this program and conversation!

And considering joining next month’s cineclub on the first Saturday of December. Sign up.

Thanks to our incredible team!

Editor: Rui Alves de Sousa

Music: Andres Simoes 

Production support: Tara Kesavan

Additional UnionDocs support provided by A.S.M Kobayashi & Scott Limbacher

This is a production of UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art. 

ARTISTIC DIFFERENCES is co-curated and co-organized by Cíntia Gil, Christopher Allen & Jenny Miller. 

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