Maria
An ailing Polynesian matriarch must find the strength to lead her family one last time.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Karin Williams
- Taofia Pelesasa
- Jeremiah Tauamiti
- Category
- Short Film
Season One
June 2018
Welcome to our first season PACIFIC PULSE, a collection of short films that celebrates bold, innovative and beautifully told stories that explore diverse perspectives of the Pacific Islander experience.
These films will be available year-round and will complement our broadcast series, Pacific Heartbeat.
Ma
A grandmother's mission to survive her worst fear. Being alone.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Nikki Siʻulepa
- Ngaire Fuata
- Category
- Short Film
From Tonga
A Tongan community in the middle of Texas transforms a high school football program into one of the best in the state.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Category
- Short Film
ʻOhana Koa
Leiʻala attempts to pick up the life of an MMA fighter as her deceased father once had, and seeks help from her Lua Master grandfather who denies teaching her.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Erin Lau
- Category
- Digital Short
I Am Because You Are
When Kaiea, a twelve-year-old on Maui, learns his grandfather...
- Filmmaker(s)
- Stefan Schaefer
- Thomas Paʻa Sibbett
- Category
- Short Film
- Digital Short
Lady Eva
Meet Lady Eva, a brave young transgender woman in Tonga.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Dean Hamer
- Joe Wilson
- Category
- Short Film
Paradigm Now: The Albizia Project
Is the albizia tree a destructive force disrupting native ecosystems and communities in Hawaii, or the material that can awaken new paradigms through thoughtful design?...
- Filmmaker(s)
- Rob Lau
- Joseph Valenti
- Category
- Short Film
‘O a‘u ‘O le taupou
A young Taupou (sacred maiden) must find the balance between Samoa traditions and her modern way of life.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Participants from the 2010 American Samoa Filmmakers' Workshop
- Category
- Short Film
Anointed
The Republic of the Marshall Islands was once the testing site for some of the biggest nuclear weapons ever made by the United States. Today, the impacts of those tests are...
- Filmmaker(s)
- Dan Lin
- Category
- Short Film
Crossing Spaces
Three short films about three Micronesian women as they navigate the challenges of higher education while supporting their families.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Lola Quan Bautista
- Shirley Thompson
- Category
- Shorts
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