John Breunig (opinion): PBS documentary captures migration trauma on 20 years of film. ‘My kids are my strength. My family is my anchor’

By John Breunig, Stamford Advocate

During the first year of the pandemic, I wrote a column about filmmaker Oscar Guerra with this opening scene:

"I don't consider myself a journalist," he said.

“No, you’re a journalist,” I countered.

I wasn’t alone in my reasoning. The film we discussed, “Love, Life & the Virus,” went on to win an Emmy Award for Best Story in a Newsmagazine.

Fast-forward four years. The setting is an ad hoc theater in Stamford, where Guerra’s latest documentary, “Invisible Wounds: Unveiling Migration Trauma,” is screened for supporters of Building One Community: The Center for Immigration Opportunity (B1C). During the panel discussion following the 34-minute PBS documentary, Guerra and others repeatedly refer to him as a journalist.

Afterward, I remind him of our exchange. He deflects.

“Well, I’m more of an advocate.”