imagineNATIVE 2026 - Carolyn Talks 'Ea (Sovereign)' with Filmmakers Noah Keone Viernes and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash

Ea (Sovereign)'s Kanaka ʻŌiwi filmmaker Noah Keone Viernes and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash, joined me to discuss using filmmaking as a tool to document and teach about the fight of native Hawaiians like Keʻeaumoku Kapu on Maui, to reclaim their ancestral lands in the colonial court system, protecting their culture, and what bearing these weights on their shoulders mean. Ea (Soverign) screened at the…