Name: Ulu Kupu
Released: 07 May 2022
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Cast: Nanea Lum, Lise Michelle Suguitan Childers, Kālikopuanoheaokalani Aiu, Ara Laylo, Waikapu

Overview

Ulu (ʻŌlelo Hawai'i): “to grow, increase, spread, to protect, to rise”; Kupu: “sprout, offspring, germinate” or a “spirit or supernatural being”. Through video that mixes parallel visual narratives, Ulu Kupu follows a “Labor Hula”, a performance of harvesting plants/materials from the 'āina (land): hala which is used for weaving; wauke, which is used to create kapa or tapa, a textile; and hau which is also used as a textile or decorative fiber. This dance with the materials of the land is further expanded through the performance of a dancer, wearing the materials on their body and dancing in a wahi pana (sacred place) as well as in a grove of hau trees.

Year 2022

Studio

Director Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater

Crew Jody Stillwater (Director of Photography), Jody Stillwater (Sound Recordist), Tiare Ribeaux (Sound Designer), Tiare Ribeaux (Director), Vincent Bercasio (Second Unit Cinematographer), Tiare Ribeaux (Editor)

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