In this Program

KAHO'OLAWE ALOHA 'AINA – 6:00 PM

Directed by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina

Kaho'olawe, the smallest inh Aloha 'Āina focuses on the cultural, political and military significance of the little-known "target island" of Kaho'olawe in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Hawaiian term aloha 'āina refers to love of the land, the basis of Hawaiian cultural belief and the force that animates the current movement to bring the island back to life.

Spa night – 8:00 PM

Directed by Andrew Ahn

In avoidance of crippling pressures from his immigrant family, David finds part-time work in a Korean spa. In the steam and water, he learns there is a place for him to acknowledge and explore his own sexuality.

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HOOP like this – 1:00 PM

Directed by Shubhangi Shekhar

For the first time ever, players from around the world, all of Indian descent, come together to form the pro exhibition team Indian Rising for the ESPN The Basketball Tournament (TBT).

Traces of home – 3:15 PM

Directed by Colette Ghunim

A young naive filmmaker on the verge of making his first feature film agrees to be mentored by a director he idolizes but realizes too late that his jealous mentor is only out to sabotage him for his own personal gain, so he must break way form this toxic relationship and find the story he was meant to tell before his chances of success are tarnished.

Somatic workshop – 5:30 PM

Join the filmmaking team for a free Somatic Workshop following the screening. Utilizing a grounding toolkit of practice to reconnect mind and body, together participants will reflect and restore to help deepen their individual healing journeys.

Yellow rose – 7:00 PM

Directed by Diane Paragas

Undocumented Filipina 17-year-old Rose (Eva Noblezada), has her path to country music stardom violently interrupted when her mother is picked up by immigration.

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REMANTHAU: PEOPLE OF THE OCEAN

Directed by Dan Lin

Marine biologist, Nicole Yamase, is the first Micronesian to explore the Challenger Deep, the bottommost depths of the Marianas Trench. Pressures of the job, pressures to represent, pressure from being the first weigh down on the young scientist who finds solace, science, knowledge and understanding in her people - past, present and future.

HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER

Directed by Robert Nakamura and Duane Kubo

The first feature narrative written, directed and produced by Asian Americans Hito Hata: Raise the Banner this is the first known screening of the film in Washington, DC! Aging issei (first-generation Japanese American), Oda, recounts his life, an American history from an Asian American perspective: from the transcontinental railroad, into the Japanese American concentration camps, to his later life joining with community members standing against social injustice.

Moloka’i Bound

Directed by Alika Tengan

Kainoa, released from prison but confined by law to the island of Oahu, struggles to malama pono, malama ‘ohana. Will restoring ancestral connections to Moloka’i heal what is broken inside him?