Featured at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021, Jamacia Heolimeleikalani Osorio: This is the Way We Rise is a documentary short film presented by AMERICAN MASTERS. The film documents Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, a Kanaka Maoli wahine poet, activist and academic, and her continued work towards justice for Hawaii’s native population.

This resource highlights Osorio’s journey finding her voice and using poetry as part of her activism and invites students to do the same. In addition to vocabulary, critical thinking questions, and discussion prompts, engage students with poetry lessons and workshops that center student voice and exploration with robust educator guides from Urban Word.