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Sérgio Vieira de Mello
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Directed by | Greg Barker |
Produced by | Greg Barker John Battsek Julie Goldman |
Starring |
William von Zehle Andre Valentine Samantha Power |
Edited by | Karen Schmeer |
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94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sergio is a 2009 documentary film based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Samantha Power's biography, Sergio: One Man's Fight to Save the World. The film revolves around the story of United Nations diplomat, Sergio 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.
Sergio is the last completed film of editor Karen Schmeer, for which she won the Documentary Editing Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.