The image of Hawaii you probably have in your head is inextricably linked to the cultural production machine of film and tourism. Parallel to this are the generations long story of Indigenous peoples and labor organizing on the island. This is the image that Anthony Banua-Simon zooms in on in Cane Fire, a documentary that […]
How does one define sexuality? Ask a million different people, and you’d probably get a million different answers. It’s only been a few years since sexual fluidity has become a widely accepted concept, but even today many people seem confined to one particular definition of sexual preference. Gay or straight. Homosexual or heterosexual. In popular […]
It’s often such a shame that shorts programs generally get shafted by the general nature of film festivals. That’s just usually how it goes. Next to feature-length films directed by more established filmmakers and the promise of an invested, complete story, it’s easy for most curated short programs to go unseen. Interestingly enough, the San […]
To someone like me, an Asian American who knows little more than his little suburb in Los Angeles County, the idea of Asian Americans existing outside of the San Gabriel Valley bubble can be admittedly foreign. Unless you’ve lived in various cities across the US, it’s hard to know that others just like you exist […]