Ke aloha nui kakou, o wau no 'o Justyn Ah Chong.

No Oahu mai au, i Hawai'i.

All of my work is centered around Hawaiian culture, Hawaiian issues, Hawaiian stories.

I think one thing that I've noticed in the process of... at least my process of filmmaking.

I like to make sure I involve kupuna, seen and unseen, so our ancestors, kind of physically with us and also those that have gone before us.

And so a lot of the times I'll you know, pule or pray, or go to some special places that's connected with the story or connected with the film and just set my intentions or bring offering, and then look for those hoailona, or signs, to help guide the project.

And so I try not to get too stuck on like a particular vision, but allow myself to be open for things to move and the right people to come into play and trust that if this story is meant to be told and asking to be told and I'm being...

I'm the one being given the kuleana, the responsibility, to tell it in this time and space, and just having that trust, that guidance will be provided.

You know, I think with like a lot of our cultures, there's a couple of generations that grew up without the culture very ingrained, in kind of like an American lifestyle.

And so for myself, that was my parents and my grandparents.

And so I wasn't raised speaking the language and wasn't really raised with really cultural practices.

And it wasn't until I got into high school where I started learning more about Hawaiian history and started learning the language and things like that and found this deep passion and love for it that was really just kind of a way to refine my own identity and I guess strengthen myself in knowing myself through culture.

Ultimately, I hope that I make Hawai'i proud, that I make my community, my Hawaiian community proud, and can be a vessel for these stories to come through.