We believe conflict stems from a lack of compassion. By sharing our stories we grow toward one another.
At Mara Films, we create emotional experiences to address social, economic, and environmental conflict in order to empower, enrich, and sustain life.
Eating Up Easter
In a cinematic letter to his son, native Rapanui (Easter Island) filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu explores the modern dilemma of their people, descendants of the ancient statue builders, as they face the consequences of their rapidly developing home. Documentary Feature.
BRING HER HOME
This hour-long documentary for directed by Leya Hale (Dakota/Diné) follows three Indigenous women — an artist, an activist and a politician — as they work to vindicate and honor their relatives who are victims in the growing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. As they face the lasting effects of historical trauma, each woman searches for healing while navigating the oppressive systems that brought about this very crisis. Produced by Sergio Mata’u Rapu for Twin Cities PBS
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