As The Water Darkens

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.

Speculative mutualisms of the future are revealed showing humans living in symbiosis with cyanobacteria and other organisms in scenarios that are peaceful, provocative, and surreal.

Queer performance artist and musician Saturn Risin9 returns home to the Bay Area to share their journey of perseverance centering self discovery, healing and creative expansion poetically told through dance, visual narrative, performance, and documentary.

Chronicles the transformation of the ʻEwa District on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, and the waterways of Puʻuloa, now known as Pearl Harbor - from a vibrant estuary to a polluted industrial zone.

Waters of Puʻuloa chronicles the transformation of Hawaiʻi's ʻEwa District, where Pearl Harbor is located, from a thriving cultural and agricultural hub to a site of environmental crisis, highlighting the resilience of Hawaiian stewards to heal the land and waters, and restore its abundance.