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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

PRAISE SONG FOR OCEANIA

Directed by Justyn Ah Chong

Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Environmental, Experimental, Pacific Islander, Social Issues / 5 mins / English / Los Angeles Premiere

Plays In:
Pasifikas

Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
Saturday | May 5, 2018 4:00 pm

Description

PRAISE SONG FOR OCEANIA is a video poem about the ecologies, histories, politics, economies, and the cultures of the Ocean. The poem is written by Chamorro poet Craig Santos Perez and the video was created by Hawaiian filmmaker Justyn Ah Chong of Olonā Media.


Director's Bio

Born and raised on the island of Oʻahu, Justyn Ah Chong, also known as Kaʻolonā, is a Native Hawaiian filmmaker. Justyn graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2011 with a B.A. in Film Production and a Minor in Business. Upon graduating, he returned to Hawaiʻi where he began working as a videographer and editor at ʻŌiwiTV – Hawaiʻi’s only indigenous television broadcasting network.


Credits

Director: Justyn Ah Chong
Writer: Craig Perez


Plays in

  1. Pasifikas

    Shorts Programs / 84 mins
    Aloha! Ki Ora! Talofa! Hafa adai! These shorts made by the First Peoples of the Pacific represent a broad spectrum of themes and genres that deal with love, loss, culture clashes and connections. These are films made by Pacific Islanders about Pacific Islanders. - Anderson Le

    In This Program: AFTEREARTH, CULTURAL COLLAGE, KA PIKO, LADY EVA, PRAISE SONG FOR OCEANIA, STRONG CULTURE, TAMA, WILDER PALMS, THE WORLD IN YOUR WINDOW


Dates & Times

Plays In:
Pasifikas

Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
Saturday | May 5, 2018 4:00 pm