FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts will host a screening and celebration of the short narrative film IAKWE: Hello, Goodbye from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 in the Mullins Library Event Space (MULN 217).
The event is presented in partnership with the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese and filmmaker Nathan Fitch. A panel discussion featuring Fitch, actors and crew members will follow the screening, along with music and refreshments.
IAKWE: Hello, Goodbye is based on events from the life of the film's lead actor, Jacob Aija Aini Hawkes. The film follows a young traveling salesman who, after being adopted at birth, meets his biological relatives...