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Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Join us in a special opening night with a program of films by the Armed with a Camera (AWC) Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists class of 2023. This year’s cohort is comprised of filmmakers of Pasifika descent who have produced 6 heartfelt pieces from the diaspora. From a kitchen in Utah to the ‘āina of Hawai’i, the ties that bind them together as children of the moana are ancestral connection, family and a little food for the soul.
In this program
KA ʻĀʻUMEʻUME: NAVIGATING HOME
Directed by: M. Kaleipumehana Cabral | 8 mins
Six Kānaka ʻŌiwi weave a story of grief, hope, wisdom, and struggle in navigating diaspora and returning to their homeland.
MORE BOUNCE
Directed by: Alexis Si'i | 6 mins
MORE BOUNCE documents three Samoan men as they reflect on their time as bouncers in Southern California, and the dangers that came with it.
BUTTERFLY/BATAPLAI
Directed by: Veialu Aila-Unsworth | 8 mins
A Papua New Guinean/American woman challenges her evangelist father’s strict rules to find her voice as a makeup artist.
TALA’S BEDTIME STORY
Directed by: Peter Filimaua | 7 mins
In order to help Tala fall asleep, his mother tells him a tale about his grandfather and Pulotu, the underworld.
SNACK
Directed by: Lauren To'omalatai | 9 mins
After a night out with friends, Jess returns home and shares a late night snack with someone unexpected
MY BROTHER
Directed by: Misa Tupou | 8 mins
At rugby training, Malu knows time is against him, but his support for his sister Alofa will not be deterred.
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