Ara (2016)

From the West Coast community of Piha, artist Tracey Tawhiao invites Sami and Cherokee filmmakers into her world via a unique pathway. This film features the artist collaboration of Cherokee filmmaker Echota Killsnight, Sami writer, actor and director, Sara Margrethe Oskal, the musical talents of her daughter Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapaa and Maori filmmaker Kath Akuhata-Brown. Ara, is a visual poem with music and painting that seeks a pathway of discovery about the world and ourselves. Ara was produced as part of the NATIVE Slam, 2016. The NATIVE Slam is an international indigenous filmmaking challenge where 15 established indigenous filmmakers came together in Aotearoa to produce 5 short films in 3 days.