Sergio

Sergio
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HBO Documentary Films and Milwaukee Film present a free screening of Sergio, the Award-Winning documentary that tells the inspiring story of diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello’s most treacherous mission ever. Director Greg Barker in attendance!
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HBO Documentary Films and Milwaukee Film presents “Director Greg Barker turns his biopic into a thriller…and creates riveting cinema.” – Variety Sergio Tuesday, April 27 – 7:15 p.m. Landmark Oriental Theatre 2230 North Farwell Avenue www.sergiothemovie.com FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Arrive Early to Guarantee Your Seat - Free tickets for the Sergio screening will be available at the Oriental Theatre box office beginning at 4:00pm on April 27 Director Greg Barker will be in attendance for a Q&A after the film 2009 Sundance Film Festival – Award Winner Charismatic, charming and complex, Sergio Vieira de Mello was the world’s go-to guy, a cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy who could descend into the most dangerous places, charm the worst war criminals, and somehow protect the lives of the ordinary people to whom he’d devoted his life. Sergio tells the inspiring story of his most treacherous mission ever…a mission in which his own life hangs in the balance. “A documentary of exceptional power,” Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times U.S.A. | 2008 | 94 min. | Director: Greg Barker Sergio is based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Samantha Power’s groundbreaking biography of the same title. Samatha Power is journalist, writer, academic and government official. She founded the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University and is currently serving on the National Security Council for U.S. President Barack Obama. Indiewire Interview with Director Greg Barker Video Interview with Director Greg Barker Democracy Now Video Interview with Author Samantha Power