Stephanie J. Castillo

THE HANAPEPE MASSACRE MYSTERY Budget: $1M - $5M | Documentary A Filipino sugar cane workers' strike in Hawai'i in 1924 becomes explosive, leading to the deaths of 16 strikers and four police deputies. A fog of fear and reprisals in its aftermath grips Filipinos, as surviving strikers are arrested, tried and many jailed or deported. As the young Higher Wages Movement  is crushed, a mass exodus of thousands of Filipinos abandon Hawai’i for California or return to the Philippines, even as thousands more immigrants stream to Hawaii seeking better lives. Virtually a forgotten history for 95 years, THE HANAPEPE MASSACRE MYSTERY documentary film is being directed by EMMY Award winner Stephanie J. Castillo. 

THOMAS CHAPIN, NIGHT BIRD SONG Biography ⋄ Documentary ⋄ Music When the world lost jazz artist Thomas Chapin in 1998 at the age of 40, a musical legend might have been relegated just to the footnotes of history. But today, an intimate documentary, Night Bird Song, will explore his life and celebrate his unique and phenomenal contributions to the world of jazz through the memories and stories of those who knew him and want the world to know him.