VIDEOS |
A collection of videos by artists opposing the legacy of militarized violence throughout the Pacific.
#Demilitarize #DeOccupy #CancelRIMPAC
#Demilitarize #DeOccupy #CancelRIMPAC
Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner
Acclaimed Marshalles poet and activist, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, explores the nuclear testing legacy of the Marshall Islands through the legends and stories of Runit Island.
Acclaimed Marshalles poet and activist, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, explores the nuclear testing legacy of the Marshall Islands through the legends and stories of Runit Island.
Ola I Ka Wai: Shut Down Red Hill
In November 2021 the US Navyʻs Red Hill Storage facility (locally known as Pūkaki) leaked approximately 14,000 gallons of jet fuel into the primary aquifer on the island of Oahu contaminating the fresh drinking water of 93,000 residents, ironically most of whom were Navy families live near Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor). Children were hospitalized, families were displaced and the Navy is still stalling on defueling the tanks and at one point tried to counter sue the State of Hawaiʻi for creating an emergency requiring the Navy to shut down the facility. Through grassroots efforts and pressure on the legislature the US Department of Defense finally conceded and sent a shutdown order. However, the Navy is still saying it could take more than two years to defuel the WWII era tanks. These are the same guys in charge of RIMPAC. AʻOLE RIMPAC SHUT IT DOWN FOREVER! |
Punahele
Punahele is a ghetto country moke Hawaiian from Makaha, Hawaiʻi that stands against anything that is harmful to ʻāina. He is a Hip Hop practitioner that uses music to create a soundtrack to Hawaiian struggles and frontlines. Punahele is a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner and Hawaiʻi’s first ever IRON MC Champion and has been teaching community songwriting and poetry workshops to incarcerated and “at-risk” youths for over 10 years. The music he creates aims to build Indigenous solidarity in Oceania and beyond. |
shō yamagushiku and yana-imi
are a spoken word/uta-sanshin duo based on the lands of the WSANEC/Lekwungen and Tongva Peoples respectively. Their work prioritizes the creation of immersive sonic soundscapes accompanied by visual media to convey stories that weave a lifeline to their island roots. Together, they call on their ancestors’ guidance to tell stories of yearning, loss and recovery from a shimanchu (Ryūkyūan) perspective. You can connect with them on Instagram at @shoyamagushiku and @yanaimi.noise |
Uyafaafuji's Refsual by shō yamagushiku and yana-imi
This video is a tribute to the Yanbaru Rainforest in Northern Okinawa. . We stand in reverence to our uyafaafuji (ancestors in Okinawan language) as they manifest in our daily lives. We return to the forest in hopes of better understanding our responsibilities and to increase our capacity to choose relationships that are grounded in mutual reciprocity and respect. In solidarity with all those fighting to #CANCELRIMPAC. May we grow deeper bonds across these lands and waterways. |
Gureombi - Calling - Body
A ritual of collecting the connections and weaving of places. Is it possible to share a name even when we have different memories, experience and therefore different relations? Even though the Gureombi Rock has been destroyed, buried, corrupted, and is consistently attempted to be erased, she is alive as long as we are calling out the webs of names, of voices, sound, colors and of the bodies. |
Pachi Productions
ISouth Korea. Pachi Productions ; In Jeju colloquial language, 'Pachi' refers to agricultural products that do not meet "standards" mostly judged by their appearances. Pachi Productions currently consists of three people, Tera, Bokhee, Neulbo who each arrived in Gangjeong village at different times getting involved in the anti-military-base movement in various ways. The three are weaving each others' lives of working, building relationships, learning, teaching, dancing, writing, drawing, whilst monitoring and protesting against the violent, illegal Navy base in the village. |