title: Maisa: The Chamoru Girl Who Saves Guåhan

type: Backdrop

type: Poster

status: Released

name: Maisa the Chamoru Girl who saves Guåhan (English Subtitles) with  Chamoru blessing,chant, and intro before film

site: Vimeo

type: Trailer

name: "HITA: Maisa, the Chamoru Girl who Saves Guåhan" Trailer 1

overview: Based on a beloved classic Legend from the island of Guam, 'Maisa the Chamoru Girl who Saves Guåhan' tells the story of how a young Chamoru girl finds the strength, wisdom, and courage to lead the women of Guåhan (Guam) into battle against a giant creature from the Marianas trench that is devouring their island home. 'Maisa' is the first animated film to feature the endangered indigenous Chamorro language of Guam. For this film cultural and language experts worked diligently on bringing the language back to its historical pre contact era.

job: Director

department: Directing

type: Crew

original_language: ch


title: Tådong Marianas: Storytelling Across the Marianas

overview: Featuring musicians and cultural practitioners from the Marianas archipelago, the film aims to bring indigenous voices of the Marianas into conversation with one another.

character: Self

type: Cast

title: Tahdong Marianas: Storytelling Across the Marianas

country: US


title: The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me

overview: Shot on 16mm film, and presented entirely in CHamoru, The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me follows a CHamoru woman who finds that her family curse has finally emerged on her body. Heeding the advice of her mother, she embarks on a quest deep into the forest to find someone who may be able to stop the curse from spreading.

title: The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me

character: The CHamoru Woman

character: The Mother

character: The Taotaomo'na

job: Director of Photography

department: Camera

job: Sound Recordist

department: Sound

job: Producer

department: Production

job: Writer

department: Writing

job: Editor

department: Editing

original_title: The Forest is a Spirit That Beckons Me