The HWF Blog

It’s day one of the Reproductive Justice reel camp and we are settling into our home for the next week, Ka Waiwai. It’s a smaller camp...

It’s incredible what a week will do to folks. Hawaiian music softly fills the room. I get there an hour before the showcase is supposed...

It’s definitely quiet before the storm in our second to last session. The day before we watch the final product and wrap up another...

We started the fourth session off today thinking about our most memorable moments so far since the camp started. Lessons on recording,...

After going over the agenda of the day, Vera had the teams launch into camera setup and recording right away. The day’s focus was on...

The second day of the Environmental Justice reel camp was kicked off by Clara and Lucy from the Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition giving a...

On the first day, we started with a social distanced welcoming circle. We introduced ourselves with our names, pronouns, favorite piece...

We are delighted to announce the mentors for the very 1st Annual Wāhine in Film Lab.

Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking today announces the fellows who have been selected for the very first annual Wāhine in Film Lab. Open to...

Most people I’ve met who learn that I am an artist tend to make the initial, incorrect assumption that I am always on the verge of...

The participants are deep in their work. Editing, refining, sharpening up whatever is left to do on their films. Sitting in on these...

This past week was spent thinking about representation, specifically the ways in which our Asian relatives are represented in various...

I don’t have to reiterate in detail the intense and awful onslaught of anti-Asian violence that’s been escalating throughout the U.S. in...

At the risk of sounding like a lazy writer, I am starting off this reflection by saying that there are no words for this year so far. At...

This past week, we had the privilege of watching films made by our super awesome and talented film instructor and mentor, Kristle and...

This past week we began our Wednesday session talking about dreams. The icebreaker was focused on the most memorable dream we’ve ever had...

I am thinking a lot about value these past few days. Specifically, the value that we assign to ourselves. Last Saturday, our ice breaker...

This week has me thinking a lot about art and how we go about including people in it. Participants this week mainly focused on...

Time has got to be the trippiest human-made thing we still hold on to. I say this first in relation to the speed at which the weeks are...

This past week, one of the topics we discussed as a larger group was community. How do we as individuals define community? What is a...

This is definitely the smallest group that we’ve had for Making Media That Matters, at least that I’ve been involved with. As the...

This past Friday, we gathered for our Wāhine in Film Pau Hana, and it was a fun way to end the working week! As the host, I find it...

This past Friday, we gathered for our recurring Wāhine in Film Pau Hana - a new initiative launched after our annual Wāhine in Mixer,...