Meet the mauna: Two short documentaries spotlight the Kanaka Maoli women leading the battle to save Mauna Kea

This article highlights two documentaries about the 2019 protests on Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to native Hawaiians. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: This is the Way We Rise and Standing above the Clouds open up spaces for discussions about such topics as Indigenous history, gender studies, social justice and activism and environmental studies. They also offer filmmaking students models of short non-fiction films that explore the creative process and the ethics of documentary production.