Kantan Hereru
Guam’s only living Master blacksmith shares the importance of his craft to daily life in the past and tries to find a place for it in a modern landscape.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Sean Lizama
- James Aevermann
- Myracle Mugol
- Subject Matter
- Identity, Culture, Chamorro, Guam
- Featured In
- Pacific Pulse
KÅNTAN HERERU is a short documentary film about Guam's last Master blacksmith sharing the importance of his craft to daily life in the past and trying to find a place for it in a modern landscape.
KÅNTAN HERERU is a recipient of Production funding from PIC's Shorts Fund.
Sean Lizama - Director/Writer
Born and raised on the island Guam, Sean Lizama is a native Chamoru, media specialist, and educator seeking to help grow the expertise of Guam’s population in the production of high quality media in the realms of films, photography, and design. Sean currently serves as an Instructor for the Visual Communications program at the Guam Community College.
James Aevermann - Co-Writer
James has been learning the art of traditional Chamorro blacksmithing from Master Francisco Lizama since 2014. In that time, he has been dedicated to continuing the craft and finding creative new ways to further the art on Guam. He has numerous theatre credits, both as a designer and as an actor, and has slowly begun to enter into the realm of films. His first film, "Normal", debuted as an award winning short film that he wrote and directed in 2016.
Myracle Mugol - Producer
Myracle Mugol has worked on several film projects both commercially and with community projects. As part of the main creative team, she has worked on films that have been screened for the University of Guam, Guam International Film Festival, Guam Department of Education, Cinemalaya, along with films that were showcased in conferences and festivals locally,
regionally, nationally and internationally. Her film experience stems from documentaries but have evolved to include narratives both in the short and long-form, and as a freelancer and with her past employment for advertising firms, she has also work on several commercials. Currently she is the Associate Director of Corporate and Foundations for the UOG Endowment Foundation, an entrepreneur (acting as partner for 3 small businesses on Guam), a freelance events coordinator, and mother to a near 2 year old boy.
Social Media
Instagram: @kantanhereru