2013 Maoli Film Festival Comes to Kumu Kahua Theatre, 5/4-5

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.

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.

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. The films presented will include: Kae, by Lana Dang; Nani Ke Kalo by Aina Paikai, Let's Play Music!: Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui & Friends by ??iwi TV; Waikiki, Riding the Waves of Change by Fran Palama and Kalo Culture by Kamuela Vance.

The festival will take place May 4 and 5, 2013; Saturday 4:00-10:00; Sunday 3:00-7:00 PM.
See the website www.kumukahua.org for information as the film schedule develops. 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.

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.

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.

The Maoli Film Festival will run at 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.

Pictured: Lets Play Music (Cyril Pahinui)

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