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shareFilmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Deep gratitude to all of our community organizations for the work that they lead. Special thanks to PIEM, EPIC, PEAK, and TeAda for their help in promoting this program.
In this program
IN EXILE
Directed by Nathan Fitch
IN EXILE is a short film that explores the US nuclear legacy in the Pacific through the lens of members of the Marshallese community in Springdale Arkansas. Each year the community there gathers to commemorate the bombing of Bikini Atoll in 1946 and ask questions such as Why did the United States choose their islands for nuclear testing, and what are the ongoing impacts upon their indigenous Pacific Island community?
KAI HALIʻA (SEA OF MEMORY)
Directed by Angelique Kalani Axelrode
Through layers of space, time and memory across the ocean and ʻāina (land) on Maui, a diasporic Kānaka (Hawaiian) remembers how to connect back to themselves, their family and their lover.
LEA TUPU’ANGA | MOTHER TONGUE
Directed by Vea Mafile'o
A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient’s life.
THE QUEEN’S FLOWERS
Directed by Ciara Leinaʻala Lacy
A magical take on a true story, THE QUEENʻS FLOWERS is an animated short adventure for kids that follows Emma, a Native Hawaiian girl in 1915 Honolulu, as she makes a special gift for the last monarch of Hawai`i, Queen Lili`uokalani.
THE SHAUN NUA PROJECT
Directed by Jake Zielinski, Jess Speight
Super Bowl champion and current USC defensive line coach Shaun Nua returns to his home island of American Samoa to donate uniforms to all six high school football teams.
TUIA NGĀ HERE
Directed by Heriata Rurehe, Kura Turuwhenua
When a young boy fears for his grandfather’s health he looks to the land to seek the cure
Dates & Times
UNION CENTER FOR THE ARTS: David Henry Hwang Theater
May 4, 2024
4:00 pm
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