Kumu Niu and Roots of ʻUlu

Sustainability Film Series

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Film Screening

“Kumu Niu” & “The Roots of ʻUlu”

Saturday, October 21, 2023, 7:00 PM
Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Museum of Art
900 South Beretania Street

“Kumu Niu”
Directed by Alex Cantatore. 2022. USA. 15 min.

“The Roots of ʻUlu”
Produced by Matt Yamashita and John Antonelli. 2015. Hawai‘i. 30 min.

Read more about this event on the Honolulu Museum of Art website.

Post-film panel discussion featuring: Dr. Vilsoni Hereniko (moderator), Professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at UH Mānoa; Papalii Dr. Tusi Avegalio, former Director, UH Pacific Business Center Program; Indrajit Gusanakera, Practitioner and descendant of Indigenous farmers in Southern Sri Lanka; Albie Miles, Associate Professor in Sustainable Community Food Systems, UH West Oʻahu

Event sponsors: UHM Institute for Sustainability and Resilience; UHM School of Cinematic Arts; Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission; Honolulu Museum of Art; Lyon Arboretum; United State Botanic Gardens

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