It’s the last day of the International Film Festival, and I am excited to watch The Forbidden City, U.S.A, at Doris Duke Theatre. This is located in the basement of the Honolulu Museum of Art and as always, it is a relaxing, pleasant experience. The theatre is small, the services are great and I also … [Read…]
The last three days of Hawai’i Film Festival and I finally got to make it to the first movie I have been wanting to watch, since I was flicking through the 2016 HIFF Program Guide, last week in class. The Patriarch is a reminiscent story of the Maori people in the rural areas, around 1960’s. … [Read…]
Another great season of the Hawaii International Film Festival has ended and my only regret is not being able to go to more films. HIFF came at a difficult time this year and I was only able to see three films. However, I was lucky enough to see three films that interested me rather than … [Read…]
In “Mele Murals” graffiti and ancestral wisdom merge to create a new cultural expression for Native Hawaiians. In my video I developed a connection between the water and the graffiti across Honolulu as does the two prominent artists, Prime and Estria, do in “Mele Murals” to honor Poli’ahu.
When everything else has been destroyed, the most powerful tool for reconstruction is hope. The people of Gaza have to fight everyday to maintain this tool of hope. Stuck between Egypt and Israel, with blockades on both sides, the people of Gaza are in constant danger of war and limited supplies. One escape from daily … [Read…]
Shakespeare meets Hawaii in this twist of the famous ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’. This take on Shakespeare is one that weaves in a love story mixed with the fight to keep the natural beauty of the island of Kauai from being destroyed by modern development. The writer and director take you on a journey with … [Read…]
The Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) started with a goal of introducing the Pacific rim to the West. It was first a project of an educational and research institute created by the U.S. Congress called East-West Center. The first year consisted of seven films from six countries shown on the University of Hawaii Manoa campus … [Read…]
Lion follows the true story of Saroo Brierley, a wandering Indian boy who was separated from his Indian-born family and then later gets adopted into an Australian family. The film portrays the importance of family and identity, which are both the center of Saroo’s internal conflicts. The story begins with Saroo’s relationship with his older … [Read…]
In THINGS TO COME, Nathalie, a philosophy teacher, finds herself caught in a tidal wave of both past and present. From the very beginning of the movie, we are introduced to her everyday contrasts between the passionate youth of her students and the painful and ill age of her mother. We see the differences between … [Read…]