List of films about Gustavo Petro: The first trailer for the documentary about his campaign in Colombia has been released

After passing international festivals, the film will be shown for the first time in Colombia PetroIt is a cinematic production that tells unpublished details about the presidential campaign, and collects testimonies from close and contradictory people. It will soon be shown on national screens.

The film is directed by Sean Matteson, a French and American film director, who met Gustavo Pietro in 2007 when he began pursuing his political story. Since 2021, he has closely accompanied the then-senator to register his promotion to the presidency.

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The film premiered in Mexico at the Morelia International Film Festival in September 2023, at a ceremony also attended by the Colombian ambassador to that country, Álvaro Moises Ninco Daza, who described the production as a “historic record.” The process by which the Colombian people decided to change.”

It also premiered at the Utah Film Festival in the United States, where the Slamdance jury awarded it an Honorable Mention for Best Documentary Feature.

Now, as Infobae has learned, the movie Petro It will premiere in Colombia on April 4 when it hits national cinemas. In addition, special screenings are planned in areas of the country where there are no large theaters.

Matteson met Tru in the United States when the then-former M-19 fighter was seeking refuge in the country due to threats against his life. From that moment, the idea came to direct a short film, and after more than 15 years, a documentary from inside the campaign that led him to the presidency.

“Having previously shot a short film with Gustavo Pietro (“Diez Años / Ten Years”), our team was in a unique position to tell his story. As a director, I have always been drawn to inspiring figures. Pietro gave me the opportunity to do that,” said the documentary director. .

In this journey, the film tells the story of Petro's career and the essence of the presidential campaign from 2021 until victory. It contains testimonies from family, friends and close friends such as former M-19 fighter Dario Villamizar, Senators María José Pizarro, Humberto de la Calle, Ivan Cepeda, Gustavo Bolivar and his daughter Sofía Petro.

It also has testimonies from journalists such as María Jimena Duzan, Antonio Morales, Juan Esteban Luis, lawyer Rodrigo Obremne, former Sergeant Alexandre Challa, former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, as well as Vice President Francia Márquez.

The production also gives voice, in search of a broader panorama of Petro, to critics such as Senator María Fernanda Cabal, as well as Rodolfo Hernández with whom he ran in the second round of the presidential elections.

The film is produced by Trevor Martin, Guagua Productions & Long Count Films (US), in association with Mil y Una Historias (Spain) and Crypto Castle Productions.

“The opportunity to produce ‘PETRO’ with Sean, after all these years, feels like a coming full circle moment that takes me back to the roots of what inspired my career,” noted producer Martin.

Based between Brooklyn and Bogotá, Matteson has devoted himself primarily to documentaries with a deep connection to Latin America. He produced a film about Victor and Jara, as well as another about civil protests against former officials of the dictatorship in Argentina, for the New York Times, titled attention! The killer next door For which he won an Emmy Award.

In 2018, he co-directed the Webby Award-winning documentary Mr. Wash, which tells the story of wrongfully imprisoned self-taught artist Fulton Leroy Washington. She also has other feature films such as Sofia (2022) and Descendant, which were released on Netflix. He also filmed the AppleTV+ series The Line, among others about true events.