Growing Up Local

Growing Up Local 2023

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Using the unexplored and often tough neighborhoods of Hawai'i as a backdrop, Growing Up Local uncovers a boy’s struggle to establish his identity beyond his father’s fists and his loyalty to his friends. The tale of Stanley explores three generations of the Nagata family, and tells the universal story of the conflict between father and a son and the expectations and burdens that are passed on from generation to generation.

2023

Man Up

Man Up 2015

7.00

Martin, a 19 year old slacker, has his life turned upside down when he gets his Mormon girlfriend pregnant so he moves in with his stoner best friend, Randall, who teaches him to be a man.

2015

Until the Sun Sets

Until the Sun Sets 2012

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In ancient Hawaiian times, two lovers must defend their village on the last day of the season of war.

2012

Faithless

Faithless 2017

2.00

An ex-RUC Special Branch Detective serves the remainder of his career in an English coastal town hoping to heal wounds from a violent past, until the murder of his only daughter shatters his faith and sends him on a headlong hunt for the killer.

2017

6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films

6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films 2011

8.00

6B is the anthology feature film of five Hawaii filmmakers. Each of the four stories revolve around rooms with the number 6B and the film examines the darker side of island life: a man struggling with drug addiction has a revelation about his identity; an ex-con must enter an underground poker game to reunite with his daughter; a young woman befriends her neighbor, a former hit man; and a local family deals with an impending tsunami. 6B features an all-Hawaii cast, crew, and production.

2011