CANE FIRE
(90 mins / Documentary / 2020)

Watch on the Criterion Channel
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Cane Fire​ examines the past and present of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, interweaving four generations of family history, numerous Hollywood productions, and troves of found footage to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast indigenous and working-class residents as “extras” in their own story.

​Directed by Anthony Banua-Simon
Produced & Written by Michael Vass & Anthony Banua-Simon
Music by Mike Cooper
Executive Produced by Steve Holmgren

FESTIVALS
2021 MoMA Documentary Fortnight
2020 Hot Docs International Film Festival
2021 Prismatic Ground (Maysles Documentary Center and Screen Slate)
2021 DOXA Documentary Film Festival
2020 Denver Film Festival
2020 Hawaiʻi International Film Festival
2021 Asian American International Film Festival
2020 Hainan Island International Film Festival
2021 Austin Asian American Film Festival
2021 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
2021 CineMAS - The Alternative Film Festival at Manarat Al Saadiyat
2021 DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon
2021 San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
MassArt Ciné Culture Screening Series
South Arts Southern Circuit 2020-2021 Season

PRESS
Filmmaker Magazine
HuffPost (interview)
Kino Lefter Podcast (interview)
Screen Slate
Jacobin
IndieWire
HuffPost
Hyperallergic
Seventh Row
Dispatch
The Moveable Fest (Hot Docs Review & Indie Memphis Article)
The Gate

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