In this program
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?