The matriarch of a large Polynesian family lies bedridden and silent, unable or unwilling to speak after a long illness. When a family crisis strikes, Nan Maria gets unexpected help as she struggles to reunite her fractured family.
Writer: Taofia Pelesasa
Producer: Karin Williams
Director: Jeremiah Tauamiti
Cast: Leiataua Afega “Ma” Si’ulepa, Mary Lauati
Premiere: Hawai’i International Film Festival
PBS Online Film Festival: Audience Award for Most Popular Film
Wairoa Māori Film Festival: Moana Award for Best Pasifika Short
Native American actors share stories from stage and screen in a short film created for the Screen Actors Guild President's Task Force for American Indians.
Producer: Karin Williams
Director: Sterlin Harjo
Featuring: Irene Bedard (Pocahontas) and Zahn McClarnon (Westworld).
American Indian Film Festival: Best Industrial
Culture is like love: if you hold tight, you'll be all right. That's the message of Mou Piri, a South Pacific love song that has touched hearts around the world. The film explores the importance of music and dance in Cook Islands culture, through the story of a romantic song that has become synonymous with island weddings.
Producer/director: Karin Williams
Featuring: Tara Kauvai, Jon Jonassen
Premiere: Hawai’i International Film Festival
Chronicles the historic journey of Polynesian voyaging canoe Hawai’iloa to Alaska in the summer of 1995, uniting thousands of indigenous peoples in a celebration of cultural heritage.
Producer/director: Karin Williams
Featuring: Nainoa Thompson, Lilikala Kame’eleihiwa
Dreamspeakers: Best Global Indigenous Award
Reclaiming control of their lands and waters, indigenous tribes and nations of the Yukon River Basin in Canada and Alaska pioneer a revolutionary approach to restoring the watershed and wildlife damaged by centuries of mining, military and municipal development.
Producer/director: Karin Williams
Narrator: Princess Lucaj
Premiere: Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Alaska International Film Festival: Denali Award