Melanie is a media producer, a James Beard award-winner for Best National Cooking Series, and winner of an Emmy Award for best historical, cultural, religious documentary. She shares stories from her career in media production, starting on the mainland working on music videos, coming home and working at PBS, and what she’s up to now….
Read moreFilmmaker Kolby Moser
Kolby is a Native Hawaiian filmmaker, founder of Aria Studios and one of the hosts of UNCUT Hawaiʻi. She shares how her dad inspires her to put in the work to get better, her main goal when it comes to parenting, her journey to self-love and being proud of herself, and how she came up…
Read moreActor Kimee Balmilero
Kimee left Hawaiʻi at 17 to join the national touring company of Miss Saigon, then spent many years performing on the continent before returning home where she started improvhi (Improv Hawaii) and got a recurring role on Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. She shares about her passion for improv comedy, the experience of providing a…
Read moreActor Dann Seki
With a decades long career performing in Hawaiʻi, Dann shares how he got into acting, dealing with feeling like a “fake,” and how getting to perform as different characters has impacted his real self. We also talked about family and what being “retired” is like for him. 🥳 Join the FACEBOOK GROUP 📺 Watch on…
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