Documentary is even more powerful when it is anchored to a place, region or neighborhood. Travel around the world with these films that take you to: reflections of the Topaz War Relocation Center, to a very rare access into a Hindu nationalist group in India, and to the homes of Karuk tribe in Northern California and more.

In this program

SAVING HAWAII SIGN LANGUAGE

Directed by: Corinne Chin | 10 mins

Deaf Hawaiians once had their own language: Hawaii Sign Language (HSL). For HSL’s last remaining users, it’s a race against time.

THE CHEMICAL FACTORY

Directed by: Drew Leung | 14 mins

Immigrant mother retraces her early years in the Chinese Cultural Revolution to her son during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

HOLY COWBOYS

Directed by: Varun Chopra | 24 mins

In small-town India, where cows are considered sacred, a teenaged boy treads the world of vigilantism to become a savior of the holy cow.

SINCERELY MINÉ OKUBO

Directed by: Yuka Murakami | 16 mins

Biographical film on the career of Japanese-American artist Miné Okubo, who is best known for “Citizen 13660” (1946) a graphic memoir chronicling the WWII incarceration.

CONVERSATIONS AT THE REGISTER

Directed by: Brandon Soun, Lan Nguyen | 9 mins

Community organizing saved KH Supermarket from demolition two years ago, but after a long fight against gentrification, the Cambodian American market is ending its chapter.

LONG LINE OF LADIES

Directed by: Rayka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome | 22 mins

Long Line of Ladies is a stigma-breaking, female-directed short documentary that gives viewers a glimpse into the story of the Karuk tribe of Northern California.