Memory as Missionary Position

A Pasifika femme dancer moves between two worlds with the narration of Kanaka ʻŌiwi poet Noʻukahauʻoli Revilla. By shifting between ʻāina (land) and the dark expansive landscape of cultural memory, she becomes a conduit for ancestral connection and resistance.

Film Advisory Content: Partial Nudity, Transformation

Credits
Writer: Noʻukahauʻoli Revilla
Producer: Brigitte Leilani Axelrode, Mele Hamasaki, aka productions
Executive Producer: Brigitte Leilani Axelrode
Director of Photography: Vincent Bercasio
Editor: Vincent Bercasio, Angelique Kalani Axelrode, Elsa Wong
Production Designer: Brigitte Axelrode
Composer: Jasper Hall
Sound Designer: Jasper Hall
Music: Jasper Hall

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Explore what it means to connect, what it means to bridge, and to share, utilizing dance as a conduit. These films speak to two sides of movement and how it gives us purchase to translate experience.