European premiere
Kai Hali‘a (Sea of Memory) is a semi autobiographical short film exploring memory from a sensual, queer, feminine, Kānaka ʻŌiwi, diasporic perspective. Seeing memory as an intricate ʻupena of both intangible and tangible threads of reality, intertwined with visceral feelings that intimately connect us with our kūpuna and the ʻāina.
| Director | Angelique Kalani Axelrode (kanaka maoli) |
| Rating | G |
| Running time | 8 min |
| Language | English, ‘olelo Hawai‘ |
| Subtitles | English |
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | USA |
Angelique Kalani Axelrode (they/she/ʻo ia) is an award winning multimedia artist and filmmaker based in unceded Tongva/Gabrieleno land (Los Angeles) and founder of aka productions, a BIPOC and Gen Z centered production company. They received their B.S. from Vanderbilt University and spent most of their time in undergrad community organizing with Tennessee Advocates for Planned ...
