South Africa / 1997 / 75mins / Documentary / English

Gerrie & Louise is the true story of politically star-crossed lovers. Gerrie was a colonel in the South African Defense Force, and Louise one of South Africa’s top investigative journalists working to expose government hit squads and the men who ran them – men like Gerrie. Realizing that apartheid was doomed and he himself had been betrayed, Gerrie used Louise to get his revenge and she used him to get a story. In the process they fell in love, an improbable relationship that illuminates the difficulties of truth and reconciliation. Winner of an International Emmy Award for Best Feature Documentary.

Sturla Gunnarsson

Sturla Gunnarsson, born August 1951, is an Icelandic-Canadian film and television director and producer. Gunnarsson was born in Reykjavík, Iceland moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, with his parents when he was seven years old. He became interested in filmmaking and went to the University of British Columbia where he completed undergraduate studies in English literature and graduate work in film studies. His thesis film, A Day Much Like the Others, went on to win top honors at the Canadian Student Film Festival and the European Student Film Festival. It was also screened at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. With his formal education behind him, Gunnarsson moved to Toronto and worked initially at the National Film Board (NFB). His first NFB project, After the Axe, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. He has since won a number of awards including Emmy Award, Genie Award and Gemini Awards, a Prix Italia, and the Prix Villes de Cannes. His documentary about David Suzuki, Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2018, Gunnarsson worked with film and story editor Nick Hector to complete the movie Sharkwater Extinction after the death of Rob Stewart. Learn More