Out of State (2017), Screening

Subtitle: 
Identity, Inclusion, and Information: The AANHPI Experience Conferece
Activity Type: 
Conference
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Date: 
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 18:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall

Screening of Out of State (2017), Ciara Lacy, a documentary focusing on the lives of several Native Hawai'ian inmates of a private for-profit Arizona prison. It's an intimate look at tradition, home, and self.

Shipped thousands of miles away from the tropical islands of Hawaii to a private prison in the Arizona desert, two native Hawaiians discover their indigenous traditions from a fellow inmate serving a life sentence. It's from this unlikely setting that David and Hale finish their terms and return to Hawaii, hoping for a fresh start. Eager to prove to themselves and to their families that this experience has changed them forever, David and Hale struggle with the hurdles of life as formerly incarcerated men, asking the question: can you really go home again?

UCIS Unit: 
Asian Studies Center
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business; Graduate School of International and Public Affairs; Department of Political Science;
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No