Ciara Lacy

Ciara Leina`ala Lacy is an Emmy nominated filmmaker whose Native Hawaiian identity drives the intimacy and authenticity in her work. Her films have shown at Sundance and Berlinale as well as on platforms including Netflix, PBS, ABC, Al Jazeera, and the Criterion Collection. Notably, she is the inaugural Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellow and her work has been supported by Sundance, Tribeca, the Princess Grace Foundation, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, Pacific Islanders in Communications, and Firelight Media. She holds a BA in Psychology from Yale University, which deeply informs her process as someone looking to excavate truth and emotion to better understand what it means to be human. As a Native Hawaiian, Ciara has experienced life in Hawaiiʻi and outside of it, and has witnessed the impacts of being priced out paradise in her own family.
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ABOUT Lucky We Live Hawaiʻi

Lucky We Live Hawaiʻi is a feature documentary connecting current stories of Native Hawaiian displacement with historical underpinnings to unearth the roots of white supremacy still impacting Native Hawaiians today. Through this approach, we illuminate connections between past and present, birthing a new vision of Native Hawaiian self-determination and power.

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