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Documentary Features

This year’s Documentary Features are distinguished by emerging artists with exciting untold stories as well as subjects which hold super-apt relevancy to our changing worldview(s) today.

Documentary Features

ACCEPTED

Film ACCEPTED Directed by Dan Chen High school seniors in rural Louisiana are pushed to their breaking point at an unconventional school made famous…

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.

Anti-Asian Hate, Documentary Features

THE CELINE ARCHIVE

Film THE CELINE ARCHIVE Directed by Celine Parreñas Shimizu FREE PROGRAM | Adulteress, traitor, heroine, or prey? In 1932, Celine Navarro was buried alive by her community…

Documentary Features

FACELESS

Film FACELESS Directed by Jennifer Ngo An intimate portrayal of four young protestors in Hong Kong struggling to protect their freedom and way of…

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…

Documentary Features

WHO IS LUN*NA MENOH?

Film WHO IS LUN*NA MENOH? Directed by Jeff Mizushima The life and work of the extraordinary Japanese artist Lun*na Menoh, showcasing her uniquely individual artistic career and…

Anti-Asian Hate, Documentary Features

MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST

Film MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST Directed by Ann Kaneko Native Americans, Japanese American WWII incarcerees, and environmentalists fight to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.

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…

Documentary Features

LIKE A ROLLING STONE: THE LIFE & TIMES OF BEN FONG-TORRES

Film LIKE A ROLLING STONE: THE LIFE & TIMES OF BEN FONG-TORRES Directed by Suzanne Joe Kai A portrait of Ben Fong-Torres, Rolling Stone's legendary writer and first music editor, during rock and roll's great…

Documentary Features

TRY HARDER!

Film TRY HARDER! Directed by Debbie Lum The reality of the college application process and the intersection of class, race, and opportunity at San Francisco's…

Documentary Features

WE ARE FROM THERE

Film WE ARE FROM THERE Directed by Wissam Tanios FREE PROGRAM | Two Syrian brothers in their mid 20's take a leap of faith and start their…

Documentary Features

WUHAN WUHAN

Film WUHAN WUHAN Directed by Yung Chang A documentation of life at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic during the lockdown in Wuhan, China.