BUFF

Going to the Boston Underground Film Festival this weekend to see some movies, have some fun, and make some contacts. Wish me luck I will post some pictures when I get back.

ITVS Diversity Developement Grant

Wish us luck, I sent off the application today should be there well in advance of the deadline.

'Olelo Hawai'i

Yesterday we shot at the informal 'Olelo Hawai'i(Hawai'ian language) class that Kai, one of my fellow hula students has generously organized for us, to teach as much as he can to us before he goes back to Hawai'i. Thank you everyone for your support and allowing me to shoot the class. We learned more about using pronouns and 'a'ano (stative verbs) and talked about different meanings and translations of the song Adieu Mala'o. I need to get to work on memorizing the oli Kunihi ka mauna i ka la'i e. We also practiced our kahiko choreographies which sadly we don't get to practice together enough.

Also I am lucky to have three new people on the advisory board for the documentary. Including documentary filmmakers Edgy Lee (Filmworks Pacific) and Jeff Tushman (Documania) and photographer Cal Vornberger (The Birds of Central Park)

Another satellite enters the blogosphere

...so I have a livejournal that I don't really use, but now that I am starting this documentary project I actually have something people will be interested in reading. My film is about my two younger brothers and I reconnecting with our Hawaiian heritage through the catalyst of learning the meaning behind the Hawaiian middle names our mother gave to us when we were born. Each of our names are 50+ letters a piece. It's going to be an interesting ride.