The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez
Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez
90 minutes, 2006
Sat. Oct 14, 4:30PM, Sequoia
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In English and Spanish with English subtitles • A green-card soldier and one of 32,000 foreign-born US military personnel shipped to the war with Iraq, José Antonio Gutierrez had a dubious distinction: He was the war's first casualty. Filmmaker Heidi Specogna commemorates a young man who triumphed over adversity to dream big dreams, in this memorial that lingers long after the credits roll, and shatters the government's characterization of an illegal immigrant who wanted nothing more than to serve as a US Marine. Gutierrez grew up as a street-smart, glue-sniffing kid on the mean streets of Guatemala City, abandoned by his mother after the family fled the CIA-backed forces that killed 200,000 indigenous Guatemalans. A remarkable individual is revealed through interviews with orphanage staff, social workers, friends and fellow soldiers. He was born in one war and killed in another, yet his spirit flourished. One green-card soldier who is nameless no more. — G. Cahill
Director: Heidi Specogna
Producer: Gerd Haag
Screenwriter: Heidi Specogna. Erika Harzer
Cinematographer: Rainer Hoffmann
Editor: Ursula Hoef
Print Source:
TAG/ TRAUM Filmproduktion
Weyerstr. 88
Cologne, NRW, 50676
Germany
Tel: +49 221 65025900
Official Website: www.antonio-derfilm.de
