Hana fisherman Guy Aina who appears in the film "Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty"
"Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty"
One of the goals of "Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty"
was awarded the Audience Award Best Hawai'i Film. The links below and the stories that follow contain some of the significant developments since the release of the film. "Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty"
The movement gained the attention of Star from Twilight Saga Kiowa Gordon who will be seen in the latest sequel Twilight movie Eclipse. Kiowa Gordon became the spokesperson speaking on Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty and all indigenous cultures on the verge of vanishing.
"Connecting Cultures" is the core vision of Award-winning filmmaker Catherine Bauknight, who has started filming a documentary about Los Angeles fashion and culture. The project is Executive Produced by Fashion Los Angeles, the new global platform for Los Angeles fashion. This cutting edge documentary will launch at the first official Fashion Los Angeles, forFall/Winter 2011 collections, February 1-7, 2011. We will find out why Los Angeles is becoming the hub for fashion in the US, how it relates to history, film, and the indigenous people who are located here including the Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Hispanic cultures."
Fashion Los Angeles was co-founded by Michael Venedicto, who conceived the film and Jeff Warrington who is Executive Producing and partner Stefan Bishop, Assistant Executive Producer. Fashion Los Angeles is a joint venture of Trapeze Partnerships, a global company, and The Look Partnership. Fashion is as vital as ever in Southern California-culturally, and economically, with $32B in annual revenue. The organizers of Fashion Los Angeles have identified and addressed the need for Los Angeles to have a program designed from the ground up to assert itself as a fashion capital. Bauknight says "We are continuing the unity of understanding culture through fashion in Los Angeles. Cultures throughout the world are based here for a reason.
The film will explore the culture of fashion through intimate interviews and insights into the lifestyles and processes of designers, the inspirations for their work, and the community of people who are behind the scenes to increase the communication and support of the world of fashion in Los Angeles, as Fashion Los Angeles creates a global platform.
The making of the documentary will develop a stage for social communication through webisodes, and the internet. This venue of documentation and webisodes will build and connect the community of Los Angeles and fashion as awareness of each grows. The cultural, economic, and social connection within the two communities will be bridged during this process of documentation of growth, creating a greater sense of identity for Los Angeles today and historically through the voices of the people.
"Our journey through the history and future of fashion will be an extraordinary experience through this documentary film" says Bauknight. The premiere will be held at Fashion Los Angeles, between February 1-7, 2011. The documentary will then travel throughout the world to be screened at film festivals.
For more information about the film please contact:
Jeff Warrington.
press@fashionweek.la
or
Catherine Bauknight
Othila Media Productions
cbauknight@othilamedia.com
www.catherinebauknight.com
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About Filmmaker Catherine Bauknight:
Catherine Bauknight is an award winning documentarian and photojournalist. She has covered stories including the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the contaminated water in
Ethiopia, the Renaissance of the Catawba Indians, U.S. Presidential campaigns, and Pope John Paul II World Youth Day. Bauknight's 2009 documentary "Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty,"
Environmental Film, and Best Documentary Feature Film at the NY International Independent Film and Video Festival in New York City, in 2009.
Kiowa Gordon star of Twilight Saga official spokesperson for Hawaii A Voice
for Sovereignty
http://www.reelzchannel.com/
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About Fashion Los Angeles:
Fashion Los Angeles is the only West Coast fashion and lifestyle platform of
its kind: a dynamic mix of onsite, offsite, and online experiences, including a
comprehensive schedule of designer runway presentations, as well as video
installations, public installations, and original content distributed across
multiple web/media outlets, and through Los Angeles-based partnerships,
with global exposure in mind.Fashion Los Angeles was created to unite the fashion industry, and is embraced by respected designers and industry professionals, as a catalyst forcommerce and conversation.
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