The Queen’s Flowers
A native Hawaiian girl in 1915 Honolulu makes a special gift for the last monarch of Hawai`i, Queen Lili`uokalani.
- Director: Ciara Leinaala Lacy (Native Hawaiian)
- Principal Cast: Ku’umilileika’iulani Tuitele, Starr K Kalāhiki
- Country: USA, Hawaii
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 12 min.
- Producer: Ciara Leinaala Lacy, Concepcion Saucedo-Trejo
- Screenplay: Ciara Leinaala Lacy
- Cinematographers: Daniel Sousa
- Editors: Daniel Sousa
- Music: Jonathan Zalben
- Website: Official Film Website
- Language: English
- US Distributor: PBS / Pacific Islanders in Communications
This film is playing as a part of Standing Above the Clouds
Expanded from the 2020 short film, three intergenerational Indigenous Hawaiian families seek to protect their native land and sacred mountain, the towering inactive volcano Mauna Kea, from the construction of the world’s largest telescope.
Director/Producer Jalena Keane-Lee, Subject Kapulei Flores and Producers Amber Espinosa-Jones and Erin Lau (Kanaka Moali) scheduled to attend.
