Oakland Double Feature with Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story - Oct. 28th

Mele Murals will be screening with Breathin': the Eddy Zheng Story on FRIDAY, OCT. 28th at Eastside Arts Alliance in Oakland. This event is free and will feature Q&A with Prime and myself, along with Eddy Zheng and Ben Wang the Director of Breathin'.


Friday, October 28, 2016 at 5:00p
EASTSIDE ARTS ALLIANCE
2277 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94606

New York Screening of Mele Murals feat. Pua Case - Oct. 14

Mele Murals will be screening on Friday, Oct. 14th at 4p at the Margaret Mead Festival in New York. This screening will feature a very special guest. Auntie Pua Case will be coming from the Big Island for Q&A following the film!

Don't miss this opportunity to meet one of the leaders of the Native Hawaiian community featured in the film. She is an activist, cultural practitioner, educator and mother.

Auntie Pua recently went to North Dakota to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux in their effort to protect their land and water from the construction of the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 at 4:00p
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192

Mele Murals at Madison's Asian American Media Spotlight - 10/8

Prof. Lori Lopez at the University of Wisconsin, Madison has put together a great line-up of films for Madison's Asian American Spotlight. I'll be there to screen Mele Murals!

Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 7:00p
*Free Screening
UW Cinematheque
4022 Vilas Hall
821 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

http://asianamerican.wisc.edu/spotlight.htm

San Jose Screening of Mele Murals - Oct. 6th

Mele Murals will be the opening night film of CAAMFest San Jose 2016! And the best part is that the screening is FREE!

Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 7:00p
Camera 3 Cinemas
288 S Second St, San Jose, CA 95113

You still need to RSVP to guarantee a seat. RSVP HERE 

Returning to the Claremont Colleges on 10/3

I'll be returning to the Claremont Colleges to participate on the "Public Art, Identity, and Space" panel on Monday, October 3rd at 11:00a. The event will be located in the Founders Room in the Claremont Colleges Library.

I will also be meeting with the students at Pitzer's Center for Asian Pacific American Students at 4:00p at Mead Hall - 132. I'll be discussing the different ways a filmmaker can serve community.

Mele Murals Los Angeles Premiere Featuring Paula Fuga!

I'm extremely excited to announce the LA Premiere of MELE MURALS on Friday, August 5, 2015 at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) in Little Tokyo.

There will be many special guests including Paula Fuga, one of my favorite vocalist from Hawai'i:


Prime and Estria - the artists featured in the film, and the filmmaking team from ʻŌiwi TV will be in attendance for Q&A following the screening.

Friday, August 5, 2016 at 6:30p
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center

244 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

6:30p - VIP Garden Concert with Paula Fuga (VIP ticket holders only)

8:00p - Film Screening

9:30p - Q&A with filmmakers and featured artists Estria and Prime

Purchase tickets HERE
$40 VIP, $20 General

Special $15/ticket for groups of 10+.

Mele Murals in Colorlines Magazine

Mele Murals Kickstarter campaign got mentioned in Colorlines!

NBC News Article on Mele Murals

Read about Mele Murals in NBC News!

Topless Kickstarter Video!

We are more than halfway through the Mele Murals Kickstarter campaign and doing whatever it takes to reach our goal! Please help push us over the top! Check out this fun video we shot the day of our World Premiere in March:

Mele Murals - Festival Premiere Night from Oiwi TV on Vimeo.

Shouts out to Mele Murals DP Justyn Ah Chong for conceptualizing and creating this video!

Please back Mele Murals on Kickstarter

I've never launched a Kickstarter campaign until now. We really need your help to get our film Mele Murals across the finish line and more importantly to share the film with the world! Please donate if you can and share: http://kck.st/1NBAlK2  Thanks in advance!



As many of you know, it is extremely difficult and to find funding for community-based documentaries, especially for projects coming from WITHIN the Native Hawaiian community. This is the first time I've ever asked my friends to donate money but it's only because I feel so strongly about sharing the strength and beauty of this story.

Mele Murals Chicago Premiere

 Had a great sold-out Chicago Premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center as part FAAIM's Chicago Asian American Showcase. Tim Hugh and FAAIM have always supported my work over the years and I always look forward to screening in the Chi, even if it's snowing in April. 

Mele Murals features the students at Kanu o ka ʻĀina in Waimea, HI. Kanu alum Alyssa Heenan now goes to college in Chicago and was able to see herself projected on the big screen. She was a senior in HS when we shot the film.

The Mele Murals family has a far reach, even in the Midwest. Estria Miyashiro's family in Chicago came to the screening. Estria is one of the main characters featured in Mele Murals.

The highlight of every trip to the Chi is catching up with my dude Steve Moon and his wife Tina. This time they took me to Papas Cache Sabroso and introduced me to the jibarito! Now I'm always going to have to hit this spot up when I'm in town.

At least I got to break in my new foamposite boots.

Mele Murals World Premiere

Cinematographer Justyn Ah Chong, me, Executive Producer Keoni Lee, Associate Producer Aina Paikai

We did it! The sold-out World Premiere of Mele Murals at the Oakland Museum of California was exactly what we had envisioned! We were privileged to have our premiere at CAAMFest which has been supporting my work since my first film.

A huge thank you to everyone who came out. The strength of our communities were on full display that night and left me grateful and inspired. The event started with live paintings by Prime and Estria - the artists featured in the film - and ended with performances by Bambu, Geo and Sabzi.

The premiere was part of Friday Nights @ OMCA featuring Off The Grid food trucks.

Prime and Estria (the artists featured in the film) doing what they do best.

Me and the rents!

Cast and crew.

Prometheus Brown and Bambu performed at The Bar after the screening.

Impromptu Blue Scholars set! Sabzi produced the score for Mele Murals.

The Mele Murals 'Ohana in San Francisco's Japantown after the second sold-out screening.

Mele Murals Trailer!