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Ulu Kupu (2022)
Directed by Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater
· 15m
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.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater
- Director of Photography
- Jody Stillwater
- Editor
- Tiare Ribeaux
Details
- Release date
- 2022-05-07
- Runtime
- 15m
- Original language
- EN