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