Screened at 30+ Festivals Worldwide | OFFICIAL SELECTION - Sundance Film Festival
AAPI • Native Hawaiian • Protecting Maunakea • Activism & Artistic Expression • Poetry • Gender & LGBTQ+Date of Completion: 2020 | Run Time: 12 minutes | Language: English & Native Hawaiian with English & Native Hawaiian subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript & Study Guide | Director: Ciara Lacy | Producer: Chapin Hall
THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE is an exploration into the creative process, following Native Hawaiian slam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio as her calling to protect sacred sites atop Maunakea, Hawai`i reinvigorates her art.
Educational Media Reviews Online | Reviewed by Casey Mazzoli, Early Career Development Resident, Otterbein University
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED "This Is the Way We Rise highlights empowerment through creative acts and what it looks like for the contemporary creative to engage with the world around them. It could serve as an effective conversation-starter for a range of social and political issues in the classroom."
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AWARDS
Official Selection | Sundance Film Festival
Best Short Documentary | Thin Line Fest
Nomination (Part of an anthology series) | NAACP Image Award
Audience Award: Best Documentary Short | Ashland Independent Film Festival
Best Short Doc | Walla Walla Film Crush
FESTIVALS
Hot Docs
Hawaii International Film Festival
Pacifica Film Festival
Defy Film Festival
Made in Hawaii Film Festival
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Seattle Asian American Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
New York International Children’s Film Festival
Maoriland Film Festival
Still Voices Film Festival
Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival
Crested Butte Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Seattle Queer Film Festival
Key West Film Festival
Way OUT West Film Festival
Maui Film Festival
Official Latino Film and Arts Festival
D.C. Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
SCREENINGS
The Sundance Institute's Indigenous Short Film Tour
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles