RAMA is proud to be a co-presenter of the documentary “ONE VOICE” at the 2011 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival!
What would happen if Glee were filmed in Hawaii with an all Hawaiian cast? You’d get the movie “One Voice”
Glee club meets Hawaiian pride in this new documentary about the popular Kamehameha Schools Song Contest in Honolulu, which features high school students banding together, not to sing Michael Jackson or Britney Spears but something far more stirring: traditional Hawai’ian-language songs. Banned for decades after the U.S. annexation of Hawai’i (“The best way of dismantling the culture, the honor and the sovereignty of the people: to take away their language,” notes one activist), the Hawai’ian language is finally enjoying a renaissance and the Kamehameha Song Contest is at the heart of it.
The SFIAAFF is the largest and most prestigious showcase for new Asian American and Asian films in North America, annually presenting approximately 120 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. SFIAAFF also features the best in Asian American music and digital and interactive media. Since 1982, the SFIAAFF has been an important launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a vital source for new Asian cinema.
The party gets started Thursday, March 10 with a screening of “West is West“, followed by a soiree at the magnificent Asian Art Museum. Mix and mingle with the community and explore the Museum’s exciting new exhibition, “Bali: Art, Ritual and Performance”. This is truly the event of the season. Don’t miss out! Get your tickets today!
