Iakwe: Hello, Goodbye

World Premiere 6/17 | Fiction Short | Directed by Nathan Fitch

Iakwe: Hello, Goodbye tells the story of Jacob Hawkes, a young Marshallese adoptee, who meets his blood relatives for the first time while knocking on doors as a traveling salesman in Arkansas. Based on true events.

SCREENINGS

World Premiere 6/17 | Bentonville Film Festival, Arkansas

Encore Screening 6/18 | Bentonville Film Festival, Arkansas

Producer Lailanie Gadia can be reached at lailanie@mangostories.co.

Learn more about Director Nathan Fitch.

Special thank yous to Pacific Islanders in Communications | Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese

Press:

“Iakwe” written by Dustin Staggs | NW Arkansas Democrat-Gazette