Sergio is a 2009 documentary film based on Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

-winner Samantha Power

Samantha Power

Samantha Power is an Irish American academic, governmental official and writer. She is currently a Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and runs the Office of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights as Senior Director of Multilateral Affairs on the Staff of the National Security Council...

's biography, Sergio: One Man's Fight to Save the World. The film revolves around the story of United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 diplomat, Sergio Viera de Mello, who worked for the UN for more than 34 years and was ultimately killed in the Canal Hotel Bombing

Canal Hotel Bombing

The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100. The blast targeted the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq created just 5 days...

 in Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 on August 19, 2003.

Sergio is the last completed film of editor Karen Schmeer

Karen Schmeer

Karen Schmeer was a film editor who frequently collaborated with filmmaker Errol Morris.-Early life:...

, for which she won the 2009 Sundance Documentary Editing Award.

Festival Screenings

• Sundance Film Festival – World Premiere- Park City, UT 2009 Award winner – Best Editing, Documentary Karen Schmeer
  Karen Schmeer
  Karen Schmeer was a film editor who frequently collaborated with filmmaker Errol Morris.-Early life:...
  
  
• True/False Film Festival Columbia, MO 2009
• Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto, Canada 2009
• Mountainfilm in Telluride Telluride, CO 2009 Audience Award Winner
• Expresion En Corto San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2009
• Melbourne International Film Festival Melbourne, Australia 2009
• Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009
• Zurich Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland 2009
• Aspen FILMFEST Aspen, CO 2009 Audience Award Winner, Best Documentary
• Internazionale a Ferrarra Italy 2009
• BFI 53rd London Film Festival London, UK 2009
• Heartland Film Festival Indianapolis, IN 2009 Crystal Heart Award Winner
• Bergen International Film Festival Bergen, Norway 2009
• Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield, UK 2009
• Global Visions Film Festival Edmonton, Canada 2009
• IDFA- Amsterdam 2009
• Stockholm International Film Festival- Stockholm, Sweden
• Dominican Republic International Film Festival
• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2009
• Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs, CA 2010
• Sedona International Film Festival Sedona, AZ 2010 WINNER Director’s Choice Award
• DOCNZ Auckland/Wellington NZ 2010
• Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival Trondheim, Norway 2010
• Beldocs, International Feature Documentary Film Festival Beograd, Serbia
• Norwegian Documentary Volda, Norway 2010