HOMEGROWN: A PART OF/APART FROM

This program comprises of eight documentary short films made by emerging BIPOC filmmakers living in the U.S. territories, Hawai‘i and their diasporic communities, focusing on stories grappling with issues of sovereignty, agency, and negotiating what it means to be at once “a part of and apart from” the United States. A Firelight Media production, in partnership with Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), Black Public Media (BPM), and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). Included Shorts: CASA LAUREL (Puerto Rico) Director: Pati Cruz Martinez DEAR ALOHA (Hawai‘) Director: Cris Romento ESCAMBRÓN, PLAYA (Puerto Rico) Director: Maria del Mar Rosario WATERS OF PU‘ULOA (Hawai‘i) Director: Tiare Ribeaux CHAMORU: A LOST LANGUAGE (Guam) Director: Brian Muna WHAT THE STORMS TAUGHT US (US Virgin Islands) Director: John P. Wheatley NOT A U.S. CITIZEN (American Samoa) Director: Gabby A. Faaiuaso & John “Niko” Patu WE ARE TAINO (US Virgin Islands) Director: Emmanuel Phillips