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Portraying the Faces of the Climate And Housing Crises In RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE

Climate Gentrification, HIFF43, HIFILM, HOCCI, Reviews / By HIFF Programming

Filmed over the course of five years, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE is a powerfully directed and insightful documentary that follows the redevelopment of New Liberty Square, a $300 million mixed income public housing complex, which begins with the demolition of Liberty Square. Liberty Square is a historically Black neighborhood of Liberty City located in Miami, Florida […]

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Reflecting upon freedom of the press in BAD PRESS [Op-Ed]

Climate Gentrification, HIFF43, HOCCI, Op-Ed, Reviews / By HIFF Programming

The fragility of freedom of the press is at the forefront in the documentary feature BAD PRESS, which screened at this year’s Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF43). The unique precarity surrounding the issue is detailed onscreen as viewers follow Angel Ellis, a reporter for Mvskoke Media and part of the Muscogee Creek Nation, which is

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HIFF TALKS PODCAST: Interview w/ Co-Producer Laurel Tamayo (GEN Z MENTAL HEALTH: CLIMATE STORIES)

Climate Gentrification, HIFF43, HIFILM, HOCCI, Podcast / By HIFF Programming

HOCCI’s Sean Oketani sits down with Laurel Tamayo to discuss her short film, GEN Z MENTAL HEALTH: CLIMATE STORIES, which was a part of the official selection for HIFF43 in the Environmental Shorts Program. Here is the synopsis for the film: A short documentary that explores the mental health impacts of the climate crisis on

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RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE chronicles climate gentrification

Climate Gentrification, HIFF43, HOCCI, Reviews / By HIFF Programming

Liberty Square was a poor community that became rich. That may sound like a dream come true for its residents, but in truth, what is happening there is a slow nightmare that is forcing people out of their homes and community. It is a part of Liberty City in Miami, Florida, a place populated by

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Climate gentrification’s DNA explored in THE SETTLERS (Los colonos)

Climate Gentrification, HIFF43, HOCCI, Reviews / By HIFF Programming

Climate gentrification is omnipresent. With rising sea levels, people are forced to move further inland and the housing market must turn elsewhere. This search for new land to “develop” leaves many minority groups out of a place to live in favor of the upper and middle classes who can afford new, up-to-date housing. And though

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The Kia’i in KEEPER OF THE BAY

Climate Gentrification, Hawai‘i Films, HIFF43, HOCCI / By HIFF Programming

Kia’i, a word in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) that translates to guardian or protector, is a major theme of KEEPER OF THE BAY, an environmental documentary that recently had its Hawai‘i premiere at the 43rd Hawai‘i Interational Film Festival (HIFF43). In a world where development and industrialization have often encroached upon the delicate balance of

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Climate Gentrification, Forced Migrations in RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE & ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND

Climate Gentrification, HIFF43, HIFILM, HOCCI / By HIFF Programming

In the documentary RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE, redevelopment is pushing out a poor Black community of approximately 700 families in Liberty Square, a neighborhood that sits in the middle of Miami, Florida. And in Myanmar, thousands have been relocated due to the development of the Myitsone Dam, a project funded by Chinese investment for energy production

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He Aliʻi ka ʻĀina, He Kauwā ke Kanaka (The Land is Chief, Man is its Servant) – KĀHULI, SEEING WITH HAWAIIAN EYES & KEEPER OF THE BAY

Climate Gentrification, Film Festival News, Hawai‘i Films, HIFF43, HOCCI, Reviews, Rise of Hawai‘i Cinema / By HIFF Programming

KĀHULI, SEEING WITH HAWAIIAN EYES, and KEEPER OF THE BAY, all official selections of the 43rd Hawai‘i International Film Festival, are three documentaries bringing awareness to topics such as climate change, rapid extinction and decline of native plants and animals, sustainable Hawaiian practices, and some of the people who are working to preserve this ʻāina.

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