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Party wave with the boys. Zero complaints 🤙

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Mahalo Gangy for another great ‘Āina Day, see you all next month🙏🫡

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Feeling incredibly grateful after an amazing week at the @wailukufilmfestival. 🙏🏽 Mahalo to @joshybogle for trusting me to tell your story, and mahalo to @bkrvlogs, @deandre.makakoa, and our community for helping bring it to life.

Huge mahalo to Brian, @ahbobin, @rocktherights, the entire Wailuku Film Festival crew, and @countyofmaui for supporting local storytelling and creating opportunities for Maui filmmakers.

Super Proud of what we’ve created, and excited for what’s next 💯

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Here’s my slideshow📸🤿🫧
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#scubadiving #paditv #oahu #uwphotography #ikelite

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Part 4

Sitting in a room filled with Indigenous nations from all over the world was a massive eye-opener.

Hearing from people who are facing violent oppression, enslavement, and the most insane atrocities made me realize something heavy.

The full video breakdown of this global perspective and our time at the UN is up now. Click the link in my bio to subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch the recap.

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Two and a half years after the fire, our people are still displaced. The same corrupted extraction of our water continues, and the systems that failed our community on August 8th are still in place.

We try to show up where it matters. At the community level, county council, and the state legislature. But we had an opportunity to take the story to a new level, so we took it to the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Some people think making films or giving speeches doesn’t change anything on the ground, and honestly, we grapple with that pressure and imposter syndrome every day. But our kuleana as filmmakers isn’t to replace the boots on the ground. It is to make sure the voices of our community leaders who are doing the real work in the trenches are heard and understood by the rest of the world.

We used the film to open the door, get the world to look at our story about the fire and the 130 years of resource exploitation that created the conditions for it. We took the momentum of our film Lahaina Rising and used it to put the reality of Lahaina and all of Hawaiʻi in front of decision makers and delegations from all over the world.

This is just the beginning of the impact campaign, where we are trying to use our skills and resources as filmmakers to aid the fight for land and natural resources, and strengthening the power of community.

Click the link in my bio right now to subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch the full United Nations Recap.

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We’re deeply honored to share that Lāhainā Rising has been officially selected to screen at the inaugural @wailukufilmfestival this June 17–21 in Wailuku Town.

It means so much to see Wailuku growing into a true creative and cinematic hub for Hawaiʻi’s film community. We’ve long needed spaces where local stories, filmmakers, artists, and community can come together and be celebrated here at home.

Our team is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to screen @lahainarising for the Maui community once again. Every screening has carried deep emotion, catharsis, and important conversations around the future of fire preparedness, land and water rights, housing, healing, and community care. We’re honored to continue walking this journey together through film and storytelling.

Festival tickets and the full festival schedule will drop this Wednesday, May 27th. We can’t wait to gather with so many incredible filmmakers for this inaugural festival!

Directed by @mat5o
Produced by @bkrvlogs @philschlieder @deandre.makakoa
Executive Produced by @__.actormosesgoods.__
Impact Produced by @rocktherights @ahbobin / @360mediacampaigns

Mahalo nui loa to everyone who has supported this film and carried it forward with so much aloha. We feel your love and support every step of the way.

#LahainaRising #WailukuFilmFestival #Maui #Lahaina #rideanewwaveofstorytelling

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🎥 FIRST WAVE FILM ANNOUNCEMENT

The @wailukufilmfestival is honored to announce the award-winning Hawaiʻi documentary @lahainarising, directed by @mat5o, as part of our inaugural First Wave Film Pre-Selections.

Set in the aftermath of the devastating Lahaina wildfires, Lāhainā Rising is a powerful and deeply human portrait of resilience, cultural survival, and the fight to protect land, water, and community in Maui. Centering Native Hawaiian voices and frontline community leaders, the film documents not only unimaginable loss, but the enduring strength of aloha, sovereignty, and collective care as a community rises from the ashes.

The film made its World Premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival, earning the Made in Hawaiʻi Award and captivating audiences across sold-out screenings throughout the islands.

As Maui continues to heal and rebuild, Lāhainā Rising stands as both testimony and call to action — reminding us that the future of Lahaina must be guided by the people and culture rooted there.

Please join us in celebrating this extraordinary local film and the voices carrying Lahaina’s story to the world. 🌺

🌊 Festival tickets go on sale May 27

Viewer Advisory: This film addresses difficult and potentially distressing subject matter. It is not recommended for children, and viewer discretion is advised.

#WailukuFilmFestival #LahainaRising #MadeInHawaii #FirstWave

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We’re deeply honored that @asianpacificfilmfest has selected @lahainarising for this year’s festival, continuing to bring the story of the Lahaina wildfires, cultural resilience, and community activism to audiences around the world.

Join us for our screening on Friday, May 22 at 5:30 PM PST. Mahalo to SAPFF for creating space for stories that uplift Indigenous voices, environmental and cultural stewardship in the face of disaster and adversity, and true community power.

Directed by @mat5o
Produced by @bkrvlogs @deandre.makakoa @philschlieder
Executive Produced by @__.actormosesgoods.__
Impact Produced by @ahbobin @rocktherights @360mediacampaigns

Tickets + more info (link in bio)

#LahainaRising #SAPFF2026 #AsianFilmFestival

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Hawaii Filmmakers Collective @hifilmmakers
48 Hour Film Challenge Screening 🎬

It was an honor to be your host for the night.
And Completely blown away by these films!

I wish I was able to get more pictures with everyone 🙏🏼

Lole O Ka La: @missingpolynesia

#mc #makemorefilms #hawaiifilmmakerscollective #homa

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What started out as an idea pitched by @lindsaycarolyn85 to Uncle Bumpy Kanahele @national_sovereignty back in 2016 to begin building international relations for the Nation of Hawai’i by attending the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, has blossomed into a powerful global platform for Hawaiians to tell our stories and build global alliances.

This is kuleana that Uncle Bumpy, Lindsay and I do not take lightly. Every team member that we’ve ever sent and has been accredited to attend the forum representing the Nation of Hawai’i has gone through an extensive training on the legal foundation of Hawaiian national sovereignty as well as training on our strategy of writing speeches, which is very different then how others approach this process. We also teach people what to expect when you get there, from how to register, to how to sign up to speak to even how to save seats.

For us the UN is not our savior, it is a place where we are fulfilling the 4th criteria of an Independent nation under international law which is the ability to exercise foreign relations. But it is also a place to share our stories to not just inspire our indigenous brothers and sisters in the room but to also inspire our people and the next generation of kanaka leaders to know that the indigenous world is eagerly waiting to see how the Hawaiian people will continue to exercise their sovereignty in the coming years.

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What an incredible journey this has been… From standing up for our people on the side of the road in Lahaina, to traveling across the country and speaking at the United Nations in front of hundreds of Indigenous nations from around the world—this is something we never imagined, and something we will never take lightly.

We carry our home, our people, and our responsibility with us everywhere we go. With a team like this, we will never stop standing up for what we believe in, fighting for our community, and using every platform we can to make sure our voices are heard. Mahalo Lahaina, Mahalo Hawai’i and mahalo @nationofhawaii 💯

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