German Gutierrez
Filmmaker Germán Gutiérrez was born in Colombia and immigrated to Canada in his early twenties. After studying theatre in Paris, he moved to Ottawa to study cinematography and quickly became interested in directing. Hired by the NFB as a freelance director in 1985, Gutiérrez has worked as a cinematographer on 20 films and directed 18, including landmark documentaries like La Familia Latina (1986), Five Centuries Later (1991), Societies Under the Influence (1998), Who Shot my Brother? (2005) and _The Coca-Cola Cas_e (2009). From 2010 to 2020, he pursued his career as an independent filmmaker, directing hit films Falardeau (2012), Nicaragua: The April Crises and Beyond (2020) and History Will Judge (2022).
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The Coca-Cola Case
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For decades, Colombia has ranked first among countries in the number of social leaders assassinated. From 2002 to 2009, more than 470 leaders were killed by paramilitary militias in the pay of companies ready to do anything to crush the unions. Among these unscrupulous corporate brands were bottling plants of Coca-Cola company products. These unpunished crimes spur U.S. activists Dan Kovalik, T...
The Coca-Cola Case
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