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LAUNCH OF THE 1ST ANNUAL HAWAIʻI YOUTH SOCIAL JUSTICE VIRTUAL FILM FEST

(Honolulu, HI) November 2, 2022 - HAWAIʻI WOMEN IN FILMMAKING announced the launch of the 1st annual Hawaiʻi Youth Social Justice Virtual...

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Registration to Youth Filmmaking Programs now open!

We are excited to announce that registration to our programs is now open. We are launching new programs, such as the Youth Video Lab led...

Ngaio Simmons

End of Summer Reel Camps for Girls - A Reflection

The evenings are colder now. The past two months have felt like pure heat at all hours as if the sun and its rays follow us into the...

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We were always here - day 2 at the LGTBQIA+ camp

Day two saw us opening once more with a gratitude hui. Bringing love and thanks to our ancestors, chosen and blood families, our...

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Thanking the journeys we took and continue to take - LGTBQIA+ day 1

We decided to start off a little differently for day one. A few minutes after 1:00, we all gathered into a circle and gave thanks to the...

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Human - final day @ The Future is Wāhine

Everyone from the school staff to the mentors, documentarian, and the participants had been buried deep in their respective work since...

Ngaio Simmons

Connections - EJ#2 end of camp reflection

In the brainstorming for how to begin this reflection, the one thing I couldn’t seem to get out of my mind is the weather we experienced...

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Nothing deters the artist - EJ#2 day five

In a strange turn of events, we find ourselves with wind AND rain in the second to last session. In this part of the program, it’s mostly...