2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

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13 films in package
HINEKURA
The story of one young woman’s rite of passage as she steps into her destiny.
HOʻI KA ʻŌLELO: THE REVITALIZATION OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
After the ban of the Hawaiian language in schools, Hawaiians fought hard to ensure that the language was revitalized.
KĀLEWA
In the future, a Hawaiian astronaut makes the next great leap for his planet, his family, and himself. Tonight is his last chance.
KAMAʻĀINA (CHILD OF THE LAND)
A queer teenager navigates life on the streets in Oahu, until she eventually finds refuge at the Pu’uhonua o Wai’anae –– Hawaiʻi’s largest organized homeless encampment.
KAPAEMAHU
The hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach, and the mysterious spirits within them.
LILIU
An ambitious court interpreter risks everything when a wrongfully imprisoned Chief fights to get back to her stranded grandchildren.
MOʻO!
A short film about grief, and the steps we take to bury the things that haunt us.
MOLOKAʻI BOUND
A wayward Hawaiian man freshly released from prison struggles to reunite with his son and heritage.
STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred mountain Mauna Kea.
TĀ MOKO - BEHIND THE TATTOOED FACE
Maori face tattooing is a tradition that almost died out through colonization. Bernard and Sapphire show their passion to see Maori communities heal by receiving face tattoos of their own.
THE MOON AND THE NIGHT
Set in rural Hawaiʻi, a Native Hawaiian girl must confront her father after he enters her beloved pet in a dog fight.
THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE
Native Hawaiian poet Jamaica Osorio shows how her activism reinvigorates her art.
TOAʻIPUAPUAGĀ STRENGTH IN SUFFERING
A young woman stricken with bleeding stigmata must face both adoration and condemnation from her deeply religious island community.
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From a young Samoan woman stricken with bleeding stigmata, to a documentary portrait on Native Hawaiian slam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, to an animated tale that reveals the hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach; these pieces are cinematic love letters to the living culture of the Pacific.


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The story of one young woman’s rite of passage as she steps into her destiny.

  • Year
    2019
  • Director
    Becs Arahanga
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