I AM PASIFIKA SHORTS PROGRAM
Race is a social construct, especially when it centers ''Whiteness.'' These stories run the gamut of Pasifika identity--from hiding one''s culture to fully embracing it with pride and fury.
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TAONGA AN ARTIST ACTIVIST
Mike’s life story is a journey of art, his connection to artistic expression in all its forms is what wakes ...
15 min | Glenda Tuaine | HAWAI'I PREMIERE | English | English
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BUTTERFLY/BATAPLAI
Raya loves makeup but her family does not. She’s torn between her secret dream of being a makeup artist and ...
8 min | Veialu Aila-Unsworth | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English, Tok Pisin | English
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KANAK
Siwane, a young Kanak (native of the Pacific Island of New Caledonia) has travelled to France with a group of ...
21 min | Gino Pitarch | | US PREMIERE | French | English
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PASIFIKA DRIFT
When a young Papua New Guinean/Australian man gets involved in a life of crime to provide for his pregnant gir...
12 min | Alana Hicks | | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE | English, Melanesian Pidgin | English
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MAUNGA CASSINO
Italy, World War 2. In the shadow of Monte Cassino Monastery, a battle-hardened Māori soldier pursues a roos...
16 min | Paolo Rotondo | | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | Maori, Italian | English
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HAFEKASI
Mona is a 10 year old Tongan-Australian girl who begins to realise she''s different to her single, white mum a...
17 min | Annelise Hickey | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English | Closed Captions
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Race is a social construct, especially when it centers ''Whiteness.'' These stories run the gamut of Pasifika ...
89 min
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