Sergio
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Directed byGreg Barker
Produced byGreg Barker
John Battsek
Julie Goldman
StarringWilliam von Zehle
Andre Valentine
Samantha Power
Edited byKaren Schmeer
Release date
  • January 17, 2009 (2009-01-17) (Sundance)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sergio is a 2009 documentary film based on Samantha Power's biography, Sergio: One Man's Fight to Save the World. The film revolves around the story of United Nations diplomat, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, who worked for the UN for more than 34 years and was ultimately killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq on August 19, 2003. The work includes extensive interviews with William von Zehle, a U.S. Army First Sergeant in 2003, who spent hours trying to rescue de Mello from under a 9m stack of concrete and other debris of the collapsed building.[1]

Sergio premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival,[2] where Karen Schmeer won the Documentary Editing Award.

Festival screenings

References

  1. ^ "A gentleman to the end". News24. Naspers. 2003-08-26. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ^ "Mr. Fixit's first name? 'Sergio' A renowned diplomat". Los Angeles Times. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

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