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Netflix Sets Nov. 13 Premiere for ‘50 Segundos: The Fernando Báez Sosa Case’ Docuseries

The series revisits the killing through new testimonies during an unresolved provincial Supreme Court review of the convictions.

Overview

  • The three-part series is directed by Martín Rocca and produced by Alejandra Sarmiento with Fábula, the team behind Netflix’s Nisman documentary.
  • Netflix released the first trailer on Oct. 29 and confirmed a global launch on Nov. 13.
  • Episodes draw on exclusive interviews with Báez Sosa’s family and friends, some of the convicted and their relatives, journalists, and judicial and police figures, alongside previously unseen archive material.
  • Rocca says the project aims to honor Fernando and to open difficult questions about group violence and the role of media in Argentina.
  • Judicially, five defendants received life sentences and three got 15 years in 2023, rulings upheld by Casación and left intact after a federal appeal was rejected in September, while the Buenos Aires provincial Supreme Court now reviews the final resource under expediente 145.678/20 assigned to Héctor Negri.