Kumu Kahua Theatre Announces Maoli Film Festival Schedule, 5/4-5

Using the medium of film to share the Hawaiian tradition of storytelling, this film festival presents authentic Hawaiian voice. The Maoli Film Festival gives center stage to Hawaiian filmmakers and films about Hawaiians.

In honor of the eighth annual MAMo: Maoli Arts Month, Kumu Kahua Theatre and Pacific Islanders in Communications bring you the third annual Maoli Film Festival at Kumu Kahua Theatre:

Saturday May 4, 2013

Sunday May 5, 2013

The festival will begin on Saturday afternoon with a program of shorts and continue through two evenings of independent films, produced by Hawaiian filmmakers and artists.

Films will be shown in separate "seatings," each including one feature length film or several shorts. There will be up to three seatings on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Following the showing of Keala Kelly's "Noho Heva," there will be a facilitated discussion with the filmmaker about the sovereignty movement and its current status.

Tickets can be purchased at Kumu Kahua Theatre one hour prior to each seating. Food, beer and wine will also be available for purchase prior to each seating.

The Maoli Film Festival will run at the Kumu Kahua Theatre May 4 and 5, 2013; Saturday 4:00-10:00; Sunday 3:00-7:00 PM. Tickets: $10 per seating; $15 per evening pass (up to 3 seatings). For more information, call 536-4441 or visit kumukahua.org.

Maoli Arts Month was developed by the Pa'i Foundation and the Bishop Museum to give Maoli Artists opportunities to show their work.

Established in 1991, the mission of Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) is to support, advance, and develop Pacific Island media content and talent that results in a deeper understanding of Pacific Island history, culture and contemporary challenges.

Kumu Kahua Theatre in downtown Honolulu is now celebrating its 42nd season of encouraging Hawai'i's playwrights, producing plays by and about Hawai'i's people and developing artists and audiences surrounding this work.

Kumu Kahua Theatre is supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Also paid for in part by the taxpayers of the City & County of Honolulu; the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts; The Annenberg Foundation, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); The Hawaiian Electric Company, The Star Advertiser and other Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.

Pictured: Still from Lets Play Music (Cyril Pahinui)

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