Talk Story with Rapa Nui Film Producer Saturday

MAC News Release

Join us as we present “MAC Talk” or a “talk story” session with film of writer/director Sofia Rodriguez who hails from Rapa-Nui/Easter Island. The event is scheduled for Saturday, July 27, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Molokai Arts Center.
Rodriguez will be sharing “Marahoro,” a film she produced. This film is about the amusing and heartwarming coming of age story of 12-year-old Marahoro’s typical summer routine on his island home, Rapa Nui. The film was shot in Rapa Nui/Easter Island. It has a 100 percent Rapa Nui-ethnic cast confirmed and a multicultural crew made up of Chileans, Rapa Nui and one Maori-New Zealander (cinematographer Fred Renata).
The main characters, Marahoro and his father Tu’umaheke, represent the generation gap that exists today in Rapa-Nui. Marahoro’s father stands for the older generations that are too hard on their children in order to secure the passing of the culture.
The film is scheduled to premier later this year at the Hawaii International Film Festival, but we hope to screen the film’s trailer.