Reel Wāhine of Hawai'i - Meleanna Aluli Meyer
The Reel Wāhine of Hawai'i short film series chronicles talented and pioneering women filmmakers who tell Hawaii stories uniquely through a camera lens.
- Filmmaker(s)
- Erin Lau
- Category
- Short Film
- Subject Matter
- Women, Biography
- Featured In
- Pacific Pulse
Visual artist and filmmaker Meleanna Aluli Meyer makes documentaries about building pride, understanding and support of Hawaiian families and culture from an insider’s perspective, including Puamana, about her beloved Aunty Irmgard Farden Aluli, a well-known musician and composer; and Hoʻokuʻikahi - To Unify as One. Kuʻu ʻĀina Aloha - My Beloved Country is currently in production.
Directed by Erin Lau.
Erin Lau Just as her family served Hawaiʻi through their talents, Native Hawaiian filmmaker and University of Hawaiʻi Academy for Creative Media (ACM) alum Erin Lau wanted to elevate her community through storytelling. Erin was selected as a Sundance Native Lab fellow for her Chapman University MFA thesis, The Moon and the Night. The award-winning film went on to screen in over 30 festivals, including being short-listed for the 2018 Student BAFTA awards and licensed by the Criterion Channel. Since graduation, Erin has signed with the United Talent Agency (UTA) and continued her growth through fellowships with the Sundance Indigenous Institute, Film Independent’s Project Involve, Unlock Her Potential, and Powderkeg’s Break The Room. Over the past three years, she has worked as a Senior Producer-Director for Jubilee Media, where she has created more than 70 videos that have garnered over 130 million views. Through this work she was also given the opportunity to develop empathy-forward content for brands including Google, Netflix, and Always.
