Donalyn DelaCruz hosts a new installment of Filmmakers' Forum,
a show that brings together independent Hawaii filmmakers to present their short films and discuss their creative processes.

Thursday, April 8 at 8:30 PM

 

Leah Kihara shares her post-apocalyptic play Kava Kultcha, in which a Polynesian resistance group defies the tyrannical Global Enforcement Agency by practicing their tradition of kava drinking.

Lurline McGregor presents He Hawai'i Mau (I Am Hawaiian Forever), the filmmaker's life journey towards awareness of her Hawaiian identity, shown through old family movies and photos.

Robert Pennybacker screens his The Red Hibiscus - a film noir, set in Chinatown, about the search for Hawaii's pre-Statehood innocence.

Stuart Yamane shows Roots in Water, a documentary about the Sumida Watercress Farm in front of Pearlridge Shopping Center, and the double life of its co-owner/farmer - David Sumida, a.k.a. Beano Shots the punk rock guitarist.

 
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Filmmakers' Forum is produced by PBS Hawaii in collaboration with Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), one of five minority consortia funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. PIC funded Kava Kultcha, He Hawai'i Mau, and The Red Hibiscus. Roots in Water was funded by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), another minority consortia supported by the CPB.