Jacob Aija Aini Hawkes Stars in Personal Marshallese-Themed Short Film at Bentonville Film Festival

Jacob Aija Aini Hawkes Stars In Marshallese-Themed Short With Deeply Personal Story – Bentonville Film Festival

Jacob “Jake” Aija Aini Hawkes not only stars in Iakwe: Hello, Goodbye, the film reflects his own experience. “I would say like maybe 80 to 90 percent of it is pretty accurate to the real-life story,” Hawkes says of the short film directed by Nathan Fitch, which just made its world premiere at the Bentonville […]

By Matthew Carey