THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE
Directed by Ciara Lacy- Pacific Cinewaves
- USA
- Arthouse, Documentary, Environmental, Experimental, History, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Pacific Islander, Social Issues, Women
- English, Native Hawaiian
- 2019
- 13 mins
- Los Angeles premiere
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THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE is an exploration into the creative process, following Native Hawaiian slam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio as she answers her calling to protect sacred sites atop Maunakea, Hawai`i, which reinvigorates her art.
CREDITS:
Director : Ciara Lacy
Director of Photography, Producer: Chapin Hall
Story Producer: Adithya Sambamurthy, Matthew Cushing
Editor: Adithya Sambamurthy, Nathan Caswell
Graphic Designer: Lani Rodriguez
Composer : Craig Sutherland
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Pacific Cinewaves
From a young Samoan woman stricken with bleeding stigmata, to a documentary portrait on Native Hawaiian slam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, to an animated tale that reveals the hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach; these pieces are cinematic love letters to the living culture of the Pacific.
