At the age of 55, a woman named Lindamae Lawelawe Carillo Maldonado discovered the truth about her identity. She was born on the Island of Moloka’i, where people suspected of having Hansen’s Disease were isolated. Lindamae was among the many children taken away from their mothers at birth and placed for adoption. Her journey of discovery sheds light on a little-known chapter of Hawaiian history.
2026
Pierced
Pierced. Pierced. Pierced. Pierced. Pierced.
But the moose keeps on…
The House of Tengiz
As villages around the world grow empty and families leave their homes behind, one house in Georgia remains. Through the memories of Tengiz’s close friend, who still lives in the village, the life that once filled this home returns, showing how absence can speak as strongly as presence.
Primary
Three colourful characters navigate insecurity, virility, and death over a single day.
Hiding in The Bubble
Seventeen-year-old Xiaokui has spent her entire life in a small seaside town. A top student with a quiet passion for girl idol groups, she is well known throughout the neighborhood — as is her closest friend, Qiangwei, a brilliant math prodigy who recently transferred back from the city.
At seventeen, Xiaokui’s world is one without romance, without a cellphone — just geography magazines and a giant television screen. In the stillness of her routine life, an unexpected “aurora” quietly descends u
Raised by the Canoe
The Terry Lee Canoe Club from Sts’ailes First Nation began as a family-based crew, its history rich with culture and story. Today, a powerful resurgence is underway as the next generation carries the tradition forward. Cathrine and Devin Paul now guide the club, supported by knowledge keepers. Devin builds canoes, recently adding strip canoe building taught by Cathrine’s father, a seventh-generation Sḵwx̱wú7mesh carver. From one generation to the next, the paddle never left our hands.