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Documentary Features, Pacific Cinewaves

CANE FIRE

Film CANE FIRE Directed by Anthony Banua-Simon FREE PROGRAM | An examination of the past and present of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi.
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HOW TO CATCH A TAOTAOMONA

Film HOW TO CATCH A TAOTAOMONA Directed by Neil Tinkham In the jungles of Guam, an overlooked boy tries to convince his skeptical friends to capture a mythological…
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FANA’GUYAN

Film FANA’GUYAN Directed by Dakota Camacho A short dance film that explores ending violence and generating healing through embodiment, intimacy, and ancestral creativity.
Documentary Features

FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK

Film FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart The untold story of a 1960s California garage band co-founded by Filipina Americans... groomed to become the female…
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HAWAIIAN SOUL

Film HAWAIIAN SOUL Directed by ʻĀina Paikai A Hawaiian musician must gain the support of elders to protect the island of Kahoʻolawe from military bombing.

HILUM

Film HILUM Directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan After a botched performance as a mourner-for-hire, Mona retreats from her mother’s fury, and seeks out a shaman…
Narrative Features, Pacific Cinewaves

I WAS A SIMPLE MAN

Film I WAS A SIMPLE MAN Directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi A family in Hawai'i faces the imminent death of their eldest, as the ghosts of the past haunt…
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LONGING FOR HAWAIʻI

Film LONGING FOR HAWAIʻI Directed by Katia Barricklow In the face of colonial erasure, one family’s journey into the past reveals a hidden history about the…
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MAHÅLANG

Film MAHÅLANG Directed by Caili Quan, Elliot deBruyn, Nathaniel Brown A love letter to Guam through the lens of contemporary dance.
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NO DOGS

Film NO DOGS Directed by Randal Kamradt During the 1930 Watsonville race riots, a Filipina American woman seeks shelter at a diner.
Documentary Features, Pacific Cinewaves

OPHIR

Film OPHIR Directed by Alexandre Berman, Olivier Pollet FREE PROGRAM | An extraordinary revolution leading up to the potential creation of the world’s newest nation in…

PINK & BLUE

Film PINK & BLUE Directed by Carmen LoBue After a surprise first-time pregnancy, a trans couple of color wrestles with how to raise their child in…
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RIVER OF SMALL GODS

Film RIVER OF SMALL GODS Directed by Bradley Tangonan A Native Hawaiian woman is hired by a mysterious sculptor to retrieve lava stones from a sacred riverbed…
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STRANDED ON THE MAINLAND

Film STRANDED ON THE MAINLAND Directed by Alexis Si'i After seeking medical help in America, a young woman and her father have no way back to American…