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kekahi wahi (Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and Drew K. Broderick)

Sancia Miala Shiba Nash: She // Her // Hers
Drew K. Broderick: He // Him // His

Grassroots Film Initiative

Honolulu, Hawaii

A woman with long wavy black hair wearing a white tank top and a man with a beard wearing a bright yellow hoodie kneel side by side surrounded by tropical foliage in the uplands of Puʻu ʻŌhiʻa on the island of Oʻahu. 

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“Shaped by different written and spoken languages, bodies of knowledge, and cultural worldviews, we open up pathways — through essays, publications, films, screenings, exhibitions, discussions, performances, and gatherings — to move issues important to Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi artist-filmmakers onward into regional and global spaces.”

kekahi wahi was instigated in 2020 by filmmaker Sancia Miala Shiba Nash and artist Drew K. Broderick. The grassroots film initiative is committed to documenting transformations across the Hawaiian archipelago and sharing stories of the greater Pacific through time-based media. Recent projects include 20 minute workout (2024), a parodic exercise video that revisits Kealakekua Bay and reworks the Captain Cook Monument on the island of Hawaiʻi; Hoʻoulu Hou (2023), a short documentary film honoring the life and legacy of Native Hawaiian poet, artist, and activist ʻĪmaikalani Kalāhele; and i nā kiʻi ma mua, nā kiʻi ma hope (2022–2024), an eight part screening series by an intergenerational group of contributors featuring moving-image works that are of, about, and related to Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

Sancia Miala Shiba Nash (b. 1997) is a filmmaker from Kīhei, Maui, working collaboratively to amplify stories of place through oral histories, archives, and acts of translation. Currently, she helps to support the digitization and cataloging efforts of Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina, an independent video production team founded by Joan Lander and Puhipau that documented the lands, waters, and peoples of Hawaiʻi from 1981 to 2014. 

Drew K. Broderick (b. 1988) is an artist, curator, and educator from Mōkapu, Kailua, Koʻolaupoko. Raised in a matriarchy on the windward side of Oʻahu, his work is guided by the multigenerational efforts of queer folk and Native Hawaiian women—especially his mother, aunties, and maternal grandmother—who have devoted their lives to art, culture, education, healing, and community in Hawaiʻi.

Donor -This award was generously supported by Annette and Paul Smith.

This artist page was last updated on: 01.30.2025

Film
Five people dressed in flamboyant exercise clothes work out in front of an obelisk commemorating Captain James Cook. Each person secures either side of a resist band underneath their sneakers and stretches the elastic up the length of their bodies and over their heads. Magenta and blue stickers of hearts, dolphins, and dinosaurs are placed sporadically around the photo.

Video still of 20-minute workout by kekahi wahi and Bradley Capello. Released by Aupuni Space. Starring Maddie Biven, Josh Tengan, Lise Michelle Suguitan Childers, Reise Kochi, and Sean Connelly. Kealakekua, Kaʻawaloa, Kona, Hawaiʻi.

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A close-up of an older adult man's face. He has a light-brown complexion and long white hair tied back behind his head. He wears silver-rimmed glasses and a plain black t-shirt. He raises his eyebrows slightly, but otherwise has a neutral expression. The word “Tongue” is written across the image, partially obscuring the man's face.

Video still of Hoʻoulu Hou by kekahi wahi and ʻĪmaikalani Kalāhele, 2023. 17 minutes. Hoʻoulu ʻĀina, Kalihi, Kona, Hawaiʻi.

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A video still with a blue wash background. Black text on the top of the screen reads “Blue is the Ancient Color of Love” and the bottom text reads “O ka wai uliuli kuhohonu kai ku I ke aloha.” Text running to the right reads “x.”

Video still of “Blue” by kekahi wahi and Manulani Aluli Meyer, 2024. 1 minute. Translations by Pūlama Collier and Mimi Kawai. Included in program 7: drift of i nā kiʻi ma mua, nā kiʻi ma hope, 2022–2024. Hawaiʻi Contemporary Art Summit, Honolulu.

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