STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS

Standing Above the Clouds is a feature-length documentary that follows three families of Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists, standing to protect their sacred mountain Mauna Kea from the building of the massive Thirty Meter Telescope. Directed by Jalena Keane-Lee (Tracing History, The Construct: Female Laborers and the Fight for Equality), Standing Above the Clouds was expanded from her 2020 short film of the same name.

The film premiered at Hot Docs 2024 where it won the Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary. It also won Special Mention for Best International Director at Doc Edge 2024 and Best International Cinematography at Film Ambiente 2024.

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PACIFIC SHOWCASE

In collaboration with our National Multicultural Alliance (NMCA) partner, Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), CAAMFest’s Pacific Showcase joins…