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“If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can’t change my...

"I'm always prepared to be amazed and I'm never disappointed." - Celeste Headlee Making Media That Matters Session 6! We're halfway...

"To insist on only the negative stories, is to flatten my existence. The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with...

"If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and...

"If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed." - Stanley Kubrick It's that time again! Making Media That Matters session three...

“Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Don't let anything get in your way.” - Heidi Schulz It's our second session of Making...

“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world, but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone...

Friday, November 13th 5:45 PM FOODIES Charlotte Landelius, Thomas Jackson, Henrik Stockare 2014 | Sweden | 94 min.Dole Cannery H 8:00 PM...

MMTM is a filmmaking program for girls (cis, trans girls, and non-binary). During the program, participants learn how to make a short...

The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition...

Independent Lens announced today the launch of Indie Lens Pop-Up, a neighborhood screening series that brings people together for...

On Saturday 8, Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking hosted the 2015 Summer Screening and Awards Night to celebrate and recognize the achievement...

On July 30 morning, I was interviewed by Bill Sage of Hawaii Public Radio about "Run Away" a short film I directed during the 2014 Spring...

In the early-1930’s, superheroes were introduced as a sense of support for those fresh out of the great depression. The heroes in comic...

To RSVP: aloha@hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org Where: The Halau @ Kamakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies - UH Manoa 2645 Dole Street,...

While the Strength group chose to do a documentary style, the Complexity group decided that an experimental style film would allow them...

People rarely think about the technicalities that go into filming a documentary. Film is tedious. You have to set up the camera and the...

Starting on June 22, 2015, we kicked off our Making Media That Matters (MMTM) film program at The ARTS at Marks Garage in Chinatown,...

My name is Layla Isaacs. For me, I’m more of the sporty and casual type of girl who doesn’t get anywhere out of her comfort zone. No new...

Week 3 was largely dedicated to the technicalities of filmmaking. Now that we had all sufficiently brainstormed and created a general...

From the discussions we had been having over the first few weeks, the program mentors noticed two prominent themes: the complexity and...

The second week of MMTM picked up where we left off as we turned our attention once more to Miss Representation. Rather than talking...