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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER                             WINTER 2014
PIC-funded producer Nathan Fitch
(R&D, Island Soldier) leads us through his incredible journey documenting the lives of Micronesian soldiers, traveling from the Federated States of Micronesia, to the United States, and ultimately to Afghanistan.

 

Read Nathan's accounhere.


FEBRUARY 28th
5:00 PM HST

PIC Media Fund Deadline
 
PIC MEDIA FUND RECIPIENTS
Six projects are awarded R&D, Production, and Completion funds in the last call of 2013 
Gemma Cubero, R&D
 
Homecoming tells the intergenerational story of two women who bond as they cross the Pacific to return to the remote island where they grew up. Homecoming captures the vibrant if endangered Pukapukan community on the threshold of change, offering a poetic meditation on memory, loss, and the abiding power of our deepest attachments to place and loved ones. 

MELE MURALS

Tadashi Nakamura, R&D

 

While Hawaiʻi is known for many things, street art has not been one of them, but this is changing with the homecoming of Estria Miyashiro (aka Estria) - one of the biggest international names in graffiti murals. Mele Murals is a documentary on a youth-driven community-building project depicting visual interpretations of mele (songs/lyrics) that are moʻolelo (stories) of that 'āina 

(land/place). 

Ciara Leinaʻala Lacy & Beau Bassett, Production 
 
Out of State follows native Hawaiian male inmates who are sent to a private prison in Arizona. The film also follows the experiences of their families back home in Hawaii, thousands of miles away. In response to their displacement, a group of over 100 native Hawaiian male inmates practice hula, a means of maintaining their cultural heritage. 
Teresa Tico, Completion
 

Fishing Pono:  Living In Harmony With the Sea

is an important story about the decline of fisheries in Hawaiʻi and throughout the Pacific, and how some Native Hawaiian fishermen have succeeded in restoring their fishing grounds through traditional fishing practices.
Erika Cohn, Completion 
 
In Football We Trust is an All-American Story that intimately portrays four young Polynesian football players struggling to overcome gang violence and poverty as they enter the high stakes world of recruiting, competitive athletics, and family pressures. 
Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson, Completion
 
Kumu Hina is a powerful film about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture and values within the westernized society of modern day Hawaiʻi. It is told through the lens of an extraordinary Native Hawaiian who is both a proud and confident mahu, or transgender woman, and an honored and respected kumu, or teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader. 
Three times a year, PIC invites independent producers to apply to the PIC Media Fund Open Call, PIC's standing funding initiative. The Media Fund provides funds for single non-fiction Pacific Islander-themed programs for three critical phases of production: Research and Development (R&D), Production and Completion. 
For more information, visit piccom.org/pages/get-funded

The mission of Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) is to support, advance, and develop Pacific Island media content and talent that results in a deeper understanding of Pacific Island history, culture, and contemporary challenges.
 
Established in Honolulu in 1991 as a national nonprofit media arts corporation, PIC is a member of the National Minority Consortia, which collectively addresses the need for programming that reflects America's growing ethnic and cultural diversity. Primary funding for PIC and the Consortia is provided through an annual grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Visit www.piccom.org for additional information.
 
   
Pacific Islanders in Communications is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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