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The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona college, in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Hawai`i and Pacific Islanders in Communications, presents
Re-Presenting the Pacific: First Annual Pacific Islands Film Festival
11-13 July 2008
Honolulu Design Center, Cupola Theatre
All screenings are free and open to the public.
Friday, July 11
6:00 – 6:45 p.m.
Performances of music and dance
Manoa Voices, University of Hawai`i
Hula dancer, Ku`ulei Hazelwood
7:00 – 9:45 p.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Merata Mita, filmmaker
and assistant professor at the Academy for
Creative Media at the University of Hawai`i
Followed by screening of:
Hawaiian Footage from the PBI archive
16mm color footage of Oahu in the late
1930s filmed by a U.S. Navy aviator. (8 mins)
FEATURE: Naming Number 2 (93 mins)
Saturday, July 12
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
FEATURE: Morning Comes So Soon (85 mins)
followed by after-film discussion
noon–2:30 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY:
Le Afi Ua Mua: The Fire is Burning (57 mins)
Time and Tide (59 mins)
3:00-5:30 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY:
Tanim: A Tribal Struggle for Power (51 mins)
Breaking Bows and Arrows (52 mins)
6:00-7:45 p.m.
FEATURE: Samoan Wedding (97 mins)
8:15-9:30 p.m.
CELEBRITY NIGHT: Cliff Curtis (Once Were
Warriors, Whale Rider), perhaps the bestknown
actor from the Pacific: His life,
his films . . . Cliff Curtis, in person
Sunday, July 13
12:30 -2:30 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY:
Made in Taiwan (45 mins)
Guarding the Family Silver (59 mins)
3:00-4:15 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY: The New Oceania: Albert
Wendt, writer (73 mins)
4:45-6:45 p.m.
STUDENTS’ SHORT FILMS:
These seven films from 2007 represent
the rich and diverse range of Hawai`ibased
storytelling, from the students
of the Academy for Creative Media,
University of Hawai`i. Followed by Q&A
with filmmakers.
7:15-9:15 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY: Keepers of the Flame:
The Cultural Legacy of Three Hawaiian
Women (59 mins)
Preceded by music and introduction by
Eddie Kamae, Hawai`i’s Living Treasure
For detailed film schedule, visit http://www.pomona.edu/pbi/filmfest
Re-Presenting the Pacific: First Annual Pacific Islands Film Festival
11-13 July 2008
Honolulu Design Center, Cupola Theatre
All screenings are free and open to the public.
Friday, July 11
6:00 – 6:45 p.m.
Performances of music and dance
Manoa Voices, University of Hawai`i
Hula dancer, Ku`ulei Hazelwood
7:00 – 9:45 p.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Merata Mita, filmmaker
and assistant professor at the Academy for
Creative Media at the University of Hawai`i
Followed by screening of:
Hawaiian Footage from the PBI archive
16mm color footage of Oahu in the late
1930s filmed by a U.S. Navy aviator. (8 mins)
FEATURE: Naming Number 2 (93 mins)
Saturday, July 12
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
FEATURE: Morning Comes So Soon (85 mins)
followed by after-film discussion
noon–2:30 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY:
Le Afi Ua Mua: The Fire is Burning (57 mins)
Time and Tide (59 mins)
3:00-5:30 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY:
Tanim: A Tribal Struggle for Power (51 mins)
Breaking Bows and Arrows (52 mins)
6:00-7:45 p.m.
FEATURE: Samoan Wedding (97 mins)
8:15-9:30 p.m.
CELEBRITY NIGHT: Cliff Curtis (Once Were
Warriors, Whale Rider), perhaps the bestknown
actor from the Pacific: His life,
his films . . . Cliff Curtis, in person
Sunday, July 13
12:30 -2:30 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY:
Made in Taiwan (45 mins)
Guarding the Family Silver (59 mins)
3:00-4:15 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY: The New Oceania: Albert
Wendt, writer (73 mins)
4:45-6:45 p.m.
STUDENTS’ SHORT FILMS:
These seven films from 2007 represent
the rich and diverse range of Hawai`ibased
storytelling, from the students
of the Academy for Creative Media,
University of Hawai`i. Followed by Q&A
with filmmakers.
7:15-9:15 p.m.
DOCUMENTARY: Keepers of the Flame:
The Cultural Legacy of Three Hawaiian
Women (59 mins)
Preceded by music and introduction by
Eddie Kamae, Hawai`i’s Living Treasure
For detailed film schedule, visit http://www.pomona.edu/pbi/filmfest