Centerpiece Documentary: Cane Fire and Malihini Q&A | SAAFF 2022
Moderator Kalei'okalani Matsui in conversation with director Anthony Banua-Simon (Cane Fire) and director Ha'aheo Auwae-Dekker (Malihini)
Malihini
An introspective look into Hawaiian identity and living on the mainland, filmmaker Ha'aheo Auwae-Dekker uses a candid conversation with their mother to dissect and deconstruct where they come from and how their family has lived in diaspora.
Cane Fire
CANE FIRE examines the past and present of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, interweaving four generations of family history, numerous Hollywood productions, and troves of found footage to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast indigenous and working-class residents as "extras" in their own story.