FILM & TALK STORY with ʻĀina Paikai

ʻĀina Paikai, writer and director of Hawaiian Soul, will share what inspired his narrative short-film about George Helm, Jr.

ʻĀina Paikai is a Kanaka Maoli filmmaker from Waiau, Oʻahu. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Academy for Creative Media under pioneer filmmaker Merata Mita. He has worked on several award-winning nationally televised documentary films, including the ʻŌiwiTV productions Nā Loea (2014), Mele Murals (2016), and Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe (2018).