‘Äina: That Which Feeds Us
(USA) In English
(2015) 23 min. (16:9)
DIR Josh Thome, Dave Mossop, PRO Josh Thome, Melahnie Moodie, Dave Mossop, Malcolm Sangster, SCR Sabra Kauka, Josh Thome, Dave Mossop, DP Dave Mossop, Leo Hoorn, Eric Crosland, Kalum Ko, EDIT Dave Mossop, Jay Trusler, Leo Zuckerman, MUS Jacob Yoffee, CAST Sabra Kauka, David Sproat, Kawika Winter, Stacy Sproat-Beck, Bob Yuhnke, Don Heacock
‘Äina (pronounced “eye-nah”) means, “that which feeds us” in the Hawaiian language. The film highlights a way to address some of the most pressing environmental and health crises facing the island of Kauai, and of island Earth. That may sound like an outstanding claim; but as "‘Äina" vividly illustrates, such is the power of agriculture and consumer choices for people and the planet. "To malama ‘Åina is to take care of the earth that feeds us. The minute we lose site of that, we have signed our own palapala make, our death warrant.”— Sabra Kauka
What was Ours
(USA) In English
(2016) 79 min. (16:9)
DIR Mat Hames, PRO Mat Hames, DP Wilson Waggoner, EDIT Greg Wright, Ginny Patrick, Mat Hames, Sandra Guardado, MUS Nathan Halpern, CAST Jordan Dresser, Mikala SunRhodes, Philbert McLeod
A young Arapaho journalist and a teenage powwow princess travel from the Wind River Indian Reservation with a wise Shoshone elder to explore vanished artifacts kept in the archives of a museum. The three uncover ancestral objects kept in boxes for many years, setting each on a journey to recover their vanished objects, while discovering their true purpose. As the elder looks to the future, the young people look to the past to revive hope for their beloved home.
Directors
Director, ʻĀina: That Which Feeds Us
Dave Mossop is an award-winning director, producer and writer and a leading innovator in film and photography. He has directed and DP’d films of all kind including the 5D hi-resolution virtual-flight simulation “FlyOver” series, music videos, commercials and feature length...
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Josh Thome is an award-winning director, producer and writer whose entertaining and socially relevant content has reached tens of millions of people around the world. He is a National Geographic Explorer and was featured in the book, "The Starfish and The Spider: The Unstoppable Power...
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Director, What was Ours
Emmy award-winning independent filmmaker Mat Hames is based in Austin, Texas. His films have screened at SXSW, HotDocs, and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and broadcast on the Sundance Channel and Independent Lens on PBS. Mat’s feature documentary, 'When I Rise', about...
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