Matagi Mālohi: Strong Winds “Matagi Mālohi tells the story of our journey to uplift our people and shape a narrative that paints us not as victims of the climate crisis but as the leaders, the healers, the nurturers, the artists, the gardeners, the growers, the seafarers and the navigators we are. We need to be the strong winds that have carried our ancestors across the seas. We need to be the strong winds pushing our leaders forward as they come up against the might of these big bullying nations. We need to be the strong winds, that Matagi Mālohi, that bring the change our people need to see.” The Pacific Climate Warriors, born out of the low-lying Pacific Islands, are an indigenous and youth lead movement who now have been on the front lines of climate change for decades – their rally cry is “we are not drowning, we are fighting.” Directed by: Aidan Haley, Canyon Woodward, Forest Woodward Speech + writer: Kevin Aipopo Creative direction + story + poetry: Fenton Lutunatabua Pacific footage: Forest + Canyon Woodward Climate rally footage: Aeon Visual / Zeke Jones Audio Post Production: Ridgeline Sound Music: Julian Calor – “Desperation” With special thanks to: Koreti Mavaega Tiumalu and family Fenton Lutunatabua Kevin Aipopo The Pacific Climate Warriors family The Pacific Islander Student Alliance Thelma Young-Lutunatabua Faitofi (Dobby) Pusinelli and family Kevika Kemangu and family Rurunteiti Kaiarake and family The late Pusinelli Lafai and family Bernard Ewekia Rev. Tevasa Iakopo Milikini Failautusi Makerusa Porotesano Simeon Jacob Laura Yale all our Tuvalu friends and particularly the island communities of Vaitupu, Nui, Nukufetau, and Funafuti We also gratefully acknowledge the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla peoples, among others, on whose homelands parts of this film were made.