Volunteers Needed for KCC Commencement – May 15, 2015

The Board of Student Activities will have their general meeting on March 20, 2015 in Iliahi 123B from 11:00am – 12:30pm.

Email kccbosa@hawaii.edu to see an agenda.

Thursday March 19, 2015

Manono 110

9:30-12:30 Makioka Sisters

12:45-1:45 Japanese Cowboy

1:55-3:00 Ella es El Matador

3:15-5:15 Maundy Thursday

Manono 104

9:00-11:30 Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

11:45-1:45 Pidgin: The voice of Hawaii

2:00-4:00 Tibet in Song

4:00 to 5:30 A Good Rain Knows

Films free and open to all    Film Screenings hosted by Kalani Fujiwara, Social Sciences

1:45-3:45 PM SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP
Ohi‘a Auditorium
Explore the crucial script writing elements of language, dialogue and exposition with
professional scriptwriter, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. This lively session will include
examples, exercises and your willing participation. The workshop will conclude with a
discussion of cultural considerations when creating a script with Pacific or Asian themes
and cultural content. KCC students are invited to attend and tasked to begin a script with Pacific or Asian cultural content, to be turned in to theworkshop instructor and judged for script and character development, establishment of a cultural environment, and creative use of music.

4 awards for best Screenplay.
Sponsored by the Honda International Opportunities Fund & Pacific Islanders in Communications
For more information contact KLCCI Director – Dr. Carl Hefner hefner@hawaii.edu

9:15-10:30 AM PANEL DISCUSSION #1
1) Methodological Dilemmas: Visual Anthropology or Anthropology of the Visual?
Guest speaker: KCC’s Guido Carlo Pigliasco
2) Language in Cinema Guest Speaker: Louis Bousquet, Chair of the
French/Italian Program at the Dept of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the
Americas (LLEA) will discuss language in the movie “A Prophet”.
3) Key Cultural Concepts through Cinema Guest Speaker: Christal Whelan, author and
anthropologist, will discuss films from a global repertoire that illustrate fundamental
concepts in anthropology.
4) Television Production in Hawaii: Going Local Guest Speaker: Brent Anbe, Head of
Casting from Hawaii 5-0 will focus on aspects of production.

10:45-12:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION #2
1) Ethnomusicology in Films Guest Speaker: Beryl Yang, Ethnomusicologist and
performer, Beryl will discuss music and world cultures through films.
2) Pacific Island Films and Culture Guest Speaker: KCC’s Noe Tupou, Hawaiian & Pacific
Island Studies will examine culture through film.
3) Bridging the Gap: Strategies in Cross Cultural Documentary Production,
Guest Speaker: Risa Okamoto-Beer, an award-winning documentary producer/director,
and a media educator who has directed and produced numerous documentaries for
major international broadcasters.
4) Documentaries, Storytelling and Social Change Guest Speaker: Gemma Cubero is
a bilingual writer, producer, director and teacher with a passion for storytelling using
words, film/video and multimedia.

Sponsored by the Honda International Opportunities Fund & Pacific Islanders in Communications
For more information contact KLCCI Director – Dr. Carl Hefner hefner@hawaii.edu

8:30-9:00 AM Ohia Auditorium

Kapi’olani Language Culture and Cinema Institute

KEYNOTE ADDRESS- Mr. CHRIS LEE
Guest Speaker: Chris Lee is the Founder/Director of the Academy for Creative Media
System at the University of Hawai’i which supports creative or digital media programs
at 9 campuses on all islands. The former President of Production for Columbia/Tri-Star
Pictures, Mr. Lee supervised Academy Award-winning films like Jerry Maguire, As Good
As It Gets, and Philadephia, and was the Executive Producer for Bryan Singer’s Superman
Returns and Valkyrie. Most recently, he produced How to Win at Checkers (EveryTime),
with a World Premiere recently at the Berlin International Film Festival. Checkers, based
on a book by a Thai writer, was filmed in Thai with an all Thai cast and crew. Mr. Lee will
discuss the challenges & opportunities of working on international film productions &
the impact films have on our perceptions.

Sponsored by the Honda International Opportunities Fund & Pacific Islanders in Communications
For more information contact KLCCI Director- Dr. Carl Hefner hefner@hawaii.edu

The Contract Renewal and Tenure and Promotion C4wards would like to invite all interested faculty members to attend our next session on insights of Department Chairs. Our meeting will be held Friday, March 20, 2015 from 1-2:30 in Naio 203. All are welcome!