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Surpassing 10 years of developing emerging writers, CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) has selected its latest CAPE New Writers Fellowship class.

A film collective is trying to address concerns that there aren't enough local people playing key roles in motion picture productions.

By Indigenous Media Initiatives, January 14 - 31, 2022

Makana, a young Native Hawaiian man, struggles with his tenuous connection to his Hawaiian culture. When his girlfriend dies during childbirth, he is forced to complete a traditional indigenous birthing ritual with his girlfriend’s overbearing father. Together, they go on a journey that takes them down the long and winding roads of Hawaii island and up the tallest peaks of Mauna Kea in order to fulfill a promise and pave the path toward their uncertain future. . MEET THE FILM MAKER - BRYSO...

Sundance Labs: 20 Up-and-Coming Directors and Screenwriters Named for 2021 Fellowship Signature workshops include 12 fellows for directors and screenwriters labs and nine fellows cultivating Native artists Diane Haithman | May 10, 2021 @ 2:55 PM Sundance The Sundance Institute named on Monday the artists and projects for the first group of its upcoming summer labs. The group includes 12 fellows for the directors and screenwriters labs and nine artists participating in the Native and Indigeno...

Molokaʻi Bound. (Photo courtesy: Alika Maikau) An inaugural list of the nation’s best Indigenous film and television writers includes two University of Hawaiʻi alumni. Alika Maikau and Bryson Chun were named to The Indigenous List, selected by The Black List, in partnership with IllumiNative and the Sundance Institute. To be considered, Indigenous artists needed to submit film or TV scripts, and describe how their native culture supported their ideas and process as a screenwriter. Maikau ...