Free Screening of “Hunting in Wartime”

Hunting in Wartime profiles Tlingit veterans from Hoonah, Alaska who saw combat during the Vietnam War. The veterans talk about surviving trauma, relating to Vietnamese civilians, readjusting to civilian life, and serving a government that systematically oppresses native people. Their stories give an important human face to the combat soldier and show the lasting affects of war on individuals, families and communities. Following the screening will be a Q&A with director Samantha Farinella moderated by Samantha Skenandore.

Samantha Farinella is a New York City veteran, now Honolulu-based filmmaker and founder of One Angry Woman Productions. Her work has aired on PBS, screened in over a hundred film festivals and won over twenty-five awards. Farinella’s latest feature length project, Hunting in Wartime, premiered nationally on PBS and won the Big Sky Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in Documentary and the Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking Award at the Inwood Film Festival in NYC. It has screened in over thirty venues including the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, The National Archives, the Cambodian International Film Festival, the American Indian Film Festival and the Hanoi Cinematheque.Her first feature documentary, Left Lane, won eight awards including honors in New Zealand, Paris and New York. It received official selection in over fifty national and international festivals including: San Francisco’s Frameline, Out in Africa (South Africa’s Gay and Lesbian Film Festival), Galway Film Fleadh, Barcelona’s Kosmopolis and opening night at Boston’s LGBT Film Festival. Her most recent short film, Without a Scratch, has screened in over fifteen festivals and won five awards including Best Experimental at the Big Muddy Film Festival and Best Experimental at the Columbus International Film and Animation Film Festival. Samantha also has extensive television production and advertising experience with media companies including Viacom, The History Channel, Animal Planet, PBS and Hogarth Worldwide. Farinella is an Assistant Professor in the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii – West Oahu.

Samantha Skenandore focuses her practice on both federal Indian law and tribal law, advising tribal and corporate clients in tribal governance, corporate governance, governmental affairs, corporate transactions, real estate, labor issues and litigation. Her extensive multi-jurisdictional experience with tribal law includes representation of corporate entities, both tribal and non-tribal, in matters involving participation in the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program, corporate entity formation, financing, minority or women-owned certification, labor relations, complex commercial real estate matters and government relations. She also advises corporate clients on developing successful strategies to launch their businesses, seek and secure business certifications, build capacity and prosper. Samantha is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

This event is free and open to the public.