Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki (2021)

In between growing frustrations toward cleaning up after an endless parade of tourists and reflections on a traumatizing memory a voice rises from within a softspoken Hawaiian janitor down on the sidewalk in Waikiki This narrative short film is inspired by a collection of poetry published posthumously featuring the work of Kānaka Maoli poet Wayne Kaumualii Westlake 194784