Guam filmmaker Brian Muna honours Chamoru heritage through film and personal loss
Description
For Guam filmmaker, Brian Muna, storytelling began in a dark room — watching his mother develop photographs and later holding his first camera at juts five years old.
But his most personal story came decades later, with his film Chamoru: A lost language — a work exploring identity, loss and survival.
Just one day before the film's national premiere, Brian's mother passed away — forever binding the project to her memory.
His story is one of contracts: of growing up under a heavy military presence while searching for his Chamoru roots, of struggling with language while being steeped in family values, and of using film as a tool to reclaim what was once fading away.
Brian's journey is about turning personal grief into a cultural mission.
United States
