TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Susan STUMME: "At Toronto film fest, the bizarre tale of a coup gone wrong in Venezuela"
"Men of War" director Jen Gatien poses for AFP during a photo session at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 6, 2024 in Toronto. Filmmaker Jen Gatien first learned about Jordan Goudreau, a decorated onetime US Army Green Beret now facing federal arms trafficking charges in connection with a failed 2020 coup attempt in Venezuela, by reading the newspaper. To her great surprise, she Googled his phone number and he replied almost immediately to her text message. So begins the strange and twisting tale of "Men of War," a documentary which made its world premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the largest in North America. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)