SAN FRANCISCO, California ā Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargasā film Documented screened at Golden Gate University April 19 to an audience of nearly 200. (See trailer )
The showing was hosted by the online magazine PositivelyFilipino.com as its first public event, according to publisher Mona Lisa Yuchengco.
Former TV newsreporter now San Jose State University journalism professor Lloyd LaCuesta held a conversation with Vargas after the showing. Vargas fielded questions from the audience afterward.
The documentary written, produced and directed by Vargasā chronicles his experience as an undocumented immigrant who becomes a crusader for immigration reform.
Vargas publicly revealed his immigration status in a June 2011 New York Times Magazine piece. His ācoming outā also landed him on the cover of TIME.
The film climaxes in Vargasā poignant Skyped reunion with his mother, whom he had not seen for 14 years.
Documented will be released in select New York and Los Angeles theaters before its television broadcast on CNN, which bought its national distribution rights.
The filmās executive producers include Napster co-founder Sean Parker, The Hangoverās Scott Budnick and The Joy Luck Clubās Janet Yang.
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