SERGIO - Documentary Film Series
The Ridgefield Playhouse
Film Society's "Documentary
Film Series" presents
Sergio, HBO’s award-
winning documentary.
Sponsored by: The
Ridgefield Press, HBGroup,
Sony XDCAM HD, Cohen and
Wolf, P.C.
Sergio is the story of
Sergio Vieira de Mello, the
United Nation’s “go-to guy”
who is a cross between James
Bond and Bobby Kennedy. On
August 19, 2003, a terrorist
bomb struck U.N.
headquarters in Baghdad,
marking the first
time the world organization
had become the target of
terrorism.
Sergio features harrowing
testimony from Sergio’s
fiancée and US Army First
Sgt. Bill von Zehle, a
military paramedic who
risked his own life to save
him. The HBO documentary is
interlaced with haunting
footage shot on the day of
the bombing and vivid
reenactments of the rescue
attempt.
A Ridgefield resident and
a Volunteer Fireman since
2002, First Sgt. Bill von
Zehle will be on hand for
the Q&A after the screening.
With visceral immediacy,
documentary director Greg
Barker recreates the events
of a day that shocked the
world and will forever live
in infamy. After a string of
doomed relationships, Sergio
de Mello was about to
finally settle down with the
woman he loved. And then
came the call in 2003:
another crisis, and Sergio
was the only man for the
job. Persuaded by Kofi
Anaan, Condoleezza Rice, and
Tony Blair, Sergio
reluctantly became the U.N.
ambassador to Iraq, his most
treacherous post ... a
mission in which his own
life would hang in the
balance.
Sergio Vieira de Mello,
the charismatic and complex
UN “High Commissioner for
Human Rights”, could descend
into the most dangerous
places, charm the worst war
criminals and somehow
protect the lives of the
ordinary people to whom he
devoted his life.
Based on Pulitzer Prize
winner Samantha Power’s
biography.”Sergio: One Man’s
Fight to Save the World,”
Sergio the documentary is a
poignant portrait of the
dashing U.N. diplomat who
served in the United Nations
for more than 30 years.
Special discounts
available for Seniors
($7.50) and Students
($5.00). Please call the
box office at (203) 438-
5795, for more
information.
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