Filmmaker and combat veteran Daniel Bernardi brings documentaries about a Navy captain who fought for women's rights and a San Diego High grad who earned a posthumous Bronze Star
Two documentaries by filmmaker and combat veteran Daniel Bernardi screening on opening night of the 2023 GI Film Festival San Diego should ensure that the stories of U.S. Navy Capt. Kathy Bruyere and U.S. Army Cultural Support Team squad member Jennifer Moreno are not forgotten.
Bruyere, who died three years ago, was among the “Women of the Year” on the cover of Time magazine in 1976 alongside such other trailblazers as tennis legend Billie Jean King. She famously sued the Defense Department the following year in an effort to give women in the military the right to serve on naval ships — and she won.
While documenting “the grim reality of hurry up and don’t wait” of the military, Bernardi said, he also gets to spotlight “the camaraderie and the brotherhood and the sisterhood.” Bernardi recalled reaching out then to Bruyere’s sons and eventually earning their trust. “That’s when I knew I had a film,” he said.
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