LAST HAWAIIAN SUGAR

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A

A short drama set on the final remaining sugarcane plantation on Maui. Twelve year-old Nua, identifies with the world through her intensely spiritual connection she has with the land but must find a way to tell her mother about the abuse she has suffered there before it closes forever.

CREDITS
Director: Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt
Writer: Déjà Cresencia Bernhardt
Producer: Leanne K. Ferrer, Cheryl Hirasa, Caleigh Dillion, Gerard Elmore, Darrin Kaneshiro, Kaitlyn Ledzian
Executive Producer: Jason Cutinella, Clint Leazer
Director of Photography: Anne Misawa
Editor: Kyle Kosaki, Gerard Elmore
Production Designer: Kat Wong, Malia Holubeck
Composer: Brian Satterwhite
Sound Designer: Brad Engleking
Music: Brian Satterwhite
Cast: Filomena Vaifale, Sisa Grey Ui, Moses Goods, Steve Iwamoto, Albert Ueligitone, Kamuela Kishida, Hayden Jackson, Allison Arakawa

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PACIFIC CINEWAVES SHORTS

Through various frames and points of view, we are brought closer to encountering an ancient Pacific past.