Sergio (2009)

Directed by

Greg Barker

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of a Brazilian UN diplomat who dedicated his life to humanitarian work. It focuses on his final days and the rescue effort after a bombing in Iraq.

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What happens

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 a Brazilian 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. Sergio premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, where Karen Schmeer won the Documentary Editing Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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