A striped Oxford button-down from actor and skateboarder Evan Mock’s brand new label, Wahine, the blue “Out of Town” shirt features a slogan made famous when it was worn by Drew Barrymore in 2003. Mock co-founded Wahine (with NYC-based Donté McGuine) to honor the north shore of Oahu as well the people of Hawaii. It’s crafted from 100% cotton, fits true to size and is …
Virtual reality storytelling is frequently spoken of as a tool for empathy and understanding. Many of the VR, augmented reality and immersive entries at this year’s Sundance Film Festival support this belief—from the trailblazing, compassionate feature-length documentary We Met in Virtual Reality (filmed entirely in VRChat) to the many highlights of the New Frontier category. In New Frontier’s narrative VR work On the Morning You Wake (to the …
From Hawaii to Alaska to British Columbia, Indigenous communities cultivate seaweed in order to restore it, fortify ancestral knowledge, support food sovereignty and mitigate climate change. While each community has their own initiative specific to their culture and environment, all follow Indigenous understandings of interconnectedness. In Hawaii, for instance, community group Limu Hui seeks to rehabilitate the Hawaiian red algae known as limu kohu, which …
