Building community and power through storytelling.
Cara Flores is a CHamoru filmmaker based in her homeland of Guåhan (Guam) whose filmmaking practice is rooted in Indigenous values of relationship, reciprocity, and care.
She is the founder and director of Nihi Indigenous Media, a nonprofit production house dedicated to building power and community through storytelling.
A 2024 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow, Flores is developing a Guide to Indigenous Filmmaking based on over a decade and a half of making films for and with her community, documenting practices that honor Indigenous values, knowledge, protocols, and communities.
Håfa Adai & Welcome
Before you scroll much further, I want to welcome you to this space. Thank you for visiting. I also want to share a few things that are important to me.
I am deeply committed to my community. This applies to my community at home who holds me up (and holds me accountable), to the broader Pacific community, and to Indigenous communities across what is known as the United States.
I stand on Indigenous sovereignty both politically and in storytelling.
I believe that Indigenous people should tell our own stories. Yes, because we are best equipped to do that. Yes, because representation and framing matter. But also because Indigenous people know a different way forward — one that is based in care and reciprocity, one that is desperately needed by the world.
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