Tatou Festival Screening: Ea
A Tatou Festival Program. Presented by Te Ao Mana. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.
In partnership with the Tatou Festival, the A/P/A Institute at NYU co-sponsors a screening of short films featuring stories of Ea (alive & free). Through the voices and visions of Indigenous and Pacific-based artists and filmmakers, the films explore cultural resurgence, reclamation, identity, and resistance.
The program will feature:
- Patutiki: The Guardians of the Marquesan Tattoo (Heretu Tetahiotupa) centers traditional Marquesan tattoo practice and explores its cultural significance. The film is presented in partnership with the Festival International du Film Documentare Oceanien (FIFO), Tahiti’s prestigious International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival, where the film won the Audience Prize in 2019.
- Ea (Sovereign) (Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and Noah Keone Viernes) focuses on the fight for ceded/kuleana lands in Hawai‘i.
- Remastered especially for Te Ao Mana’s 2026 Tatou Festival, Justice Advancing Architecture Tour (Sean Connelly) counters the 250th anniversary commemoration of the United States, “A Death Country,” calling attention to the immense impact of the US Military and global operations on Hawai’i and the Pacific.
A Q&A with the filmmakers will follow.
Accessibility note: This venue has an elevator and is accessible for wheelchair users. There are all gender restrooms available. If you have any access needs, please email teaomanainc@gmail.com.
Image: Still from Patutiki: The Guardians of the Marquesan Tattoo. Courtesy the filmmaker.