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Anthony Banua-Simon in person
$7 members and seniors $9 general public $5 students
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Filmmaker Anthony Banua-Simon joins us to present Cane Fire, his spellbinding documentary that lifts the veil on exoticized representations of Hawaii in film.
The captivating, ambitious, and deeply personal essay film Cane Fire examines the past and present of Kaua'i, the Hawaiian island location of countless Hollywood productions that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as extras in their own stories. Director Anthony Banua-Simon creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces at play, interweaving footage from home movies, Hollywood films, and troves of found documentation. A counternarrative deftly emerges, revealing ways economic marginalization, sovereignty activism, and suppression of labor movements have been obscured by the exoticized representations of the island. Winner of the Best Documentary Feature prize at the Indie Memphis Film Festival. In English, Pidgin English, and 'Ōlelo Hawai'i with English subtitles. (90 mins., DCP)
Stay after the screening for a Q&A with the filmmaker.
See the complete Unorthodocs 22 lineup.
IMAGE CAPTION Cane Fire, image courtesy of the filmmaker.
Unorthodocs 2022 is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Chris Stults, Associate Curator of Film/Video.
SUPPORT FOR UNORTHODOCS 22 PROVIDED BY FotoFocus
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Cardinal Health
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council L Brands Foundation The Columbus Foundation Nationwide Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Axium Packaging CampusParc Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard Nancy Kramer Larry and Donna James Lisa Barton Johanna DeStefano Jones Day Alex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
Cane Fire
