kekahi wahi
(Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and Drew K. Broderick)
grassroots film initiative
kekahi wahi is a grassroots film initiative led by filmmaker Sancia Miala Shiba Nash (b. 1997) and artist Drew K. Broderick (b. 1988). Formed on January 17, 2020, kekahi wahi documents transformations across the Hawaiian archipelago and shares intersectional stories of the greater Pacific through time-based media.
Recent projects include 20 minute workout (2024), a parodic exercise video that revisits Kealakekua Bay and reworks the Captain Cook Monument on the island of Hawai‘i; Ho‘oulu Hou (2023), a documentary short film honoring the life and legacy of Native Hawaiian poet, artist, and activist ‘Īmaikalani Kalāhele; and i nā ki‘i ma mua, nā ki‘i ma hope (2022–), an ongoing screening series by an intergenerational group of contributors featuring past and present moving-image works that are of, about, and/or related to Hawai‘i.