Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez

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Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez
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The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez
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90 min. , color
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CH: 9 August 2006, Locarno Film Festival
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This documentary deals with the destiny of José Antonio Gutierrez, the first fallen soldier of the US army in the war with Iraq. His picture goes around the world. Like about 32.000 others he fights as greencard-soldier for a foreign native country and dies only a few hours after the beginning of the war. The film tells the sad story of the street urchin from Guatemala, that is looking for a better life in the United States and finds his death as an American hero.
literature:
Hans Blix. Mission Irak: Wahrheit und Lügen. München: Droemer, 2004.

Magnus-Sebastian Kutz. Public Relations oder Propaganda? Die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit des US-Administration zum Krieg gegen den Irak 2003. Berlin: LIT, 2006.

Francis Fukuyama. Scheitert Amerika? Supermacht am Scheideweg. Berlin: Propyläen, 2006.
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Was nominated for an award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006.
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