Art in Conversation • Filmmaking in Hawai'i

(From left) Justyn Ah Chong, ‘Āina Paikai, Sancia Miala Shiba Nash, and Richard Hamasaki

SAT • OCT 15 • 2PM
Hawai‘i State Art Museum
250 South Hotel St., Second Floor
Diamond Head Gallery
FREE

Join us as local filmmakers Justyn Ah Chong, ‘Āina Paikai, and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash engage in conversation with poet, filmmaker, and producer Richard Hamasaki about their respective filmmaking practices and collaborations for Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022, including kekahi wahi film collective, Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina, and “Down on the Sidewalk in Waikīkī,” a short film inspired by the work of Kanaka Maoli poet Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947–84). Moderated by associate director Josh Tengan.

Still from "Down on the Sidewalk in Waikīkī (2019), written by ‘Āina Paikai and directed by Justyn Ah Chong. // Still from "Hawaiian Soul" (2020), written and directed by ‘Āina Paikai. // kekahi wahi (Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and Drew K. Broderick), 12 Silkscreens [redux], 2021, video and sound, 10 mins, in collaboration with ʻElepaio Press.