Feature Documentary
Role: Director
Distribution: 2018, PBS via Independent Lens
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LOGLINE
Out of State is the unlikely story of native Hawaiians men discovering their native culture as prisoners in the desert of Arizona, 3,000 miles, and across the ocean, from their island home.
CREDITS
• Director + Producer Ciara Leina`ala Lacy
• Producer Beau Bassett
• Executive Producer Terry Leonard
• Co-Producer Jeff Consiglio
• Cinematographer Chapin Hall
• Editors Jeff Consiglio, Sara Booth, Jason Zeldes
• Music Tyler Strickland
AWARDS
• 2021 Hawaii State Capitol Award
• 2019 Audience Award | PBS’ Independent Lens
• 2017 Best Documentary Feature | San Diego Asian Film Festival
• 2017 Best Documentary Feature | CayFilm Festival
• 2017 Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision | Portland Film Festival
• 2017 Audience Choice Award & Best Feature “Made In Hawaii” | Hawaii International Film Festival
• 2017 Liberty Bell Award | Hawaii State Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division
FILM FESTIVALS
Los Angeles Film Festival, Berlinale, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, CAAMFest, Cayman International Film Festival, FIFO Festival International Du Film Documentaire Oceanien Indigenous Showcase, Hawaii International Film Festival, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, ImagineNATIVE, Irvine Film Festival, Made in Hawaii Film Festival, Maoriland Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Skábmagovat Film Festival, Smithsonian's Mother Tongue Film Festival, Thin Line Festival, Vision Maker Film Festival, Wairoa Maori Film Festival, Winda Film Festival
PRESS
• IndieWire, ‘Out of State' Exclusive Trailer
• NBC News, Documentary Follows Inmates Embracing Native Hawaiian Traditions
• Variety, Documentary 'Out of State' Wins Hawaii Film Festival Award
OUT OF STATE