2026 State of the Art Prize, Guam
2026 State of the Art Prize, Guam
Cara Flores
Cara Flores
Cara Flores is an Indigenous filmmaker from Guåhan and founder of Nihi Indigenous Media, a non-profit production house dedicated to building community through storytelling. She is producing a documentary on a landmark climate justice case led by Indigenous Pacific peoples and is developing a guide to Indigenous filmmaking and practice.
Film/Moving Image, Narrative Film
2026
About Cara Flores
Talofofo, GU
Cara Flores is a CHamoru filmmaker based in her homeland of Guåhan (Guam) whose practice is rooted in Indigenous values and protocol. She is the founder and director of Nihi Indigenous Media, a nonprofit production house dedicated to building power and community through storytelling. Flores directed and co-wrote Heroes of Micronesia , an experimental art animation series honoring Micronesian leaders. She also directed the Protector’s Anthem music video, which explores themes of injustice, community activation, and Indigenous joy, blending archival footage with a scene portraying the land as ancestor through choreographed movement. She is currently producing a feature-length documentary on the largest climate justice case in history, told through the lens of three Indigenous Pacific leaders and their frontline communities. A 2024 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow, Flores is developing a guide to Indigenous filmmaking based on her decade and a half of work making films for and with her community, documenting practices that honor Indigenous values, knowledge, protocols, and communities.
Cara Flores is a CHamoru filmmaker based in her homeland of Guåhan (Guam) whose practice is rooted in Indigenous values and protocol. She is the founder and director of Nihi Indigenous Media, a nonprofit production house dedicated to building power and community through storytelling. Flores directed and co-wrote Heroes of Micronesia , an experimental art animation series honoring Micronesian leaders. She also directed the Protector’s Anthem music video, which explores themes of injustice, community activation, and Indigenous joy, blending archival footage with a scene portraying the land as ancestor through choreographed movement. She is currently producing a feature-length documentary on the largest climate justice case in history, told through the lens of three Indigenous Pacific leaders and their frontline communities. A 2024 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow, Flores is developing a guide to Indigenous filmmaking based on her decade and a half of work making films for and with her community, documenting practices that honor Indigenous values, knowledge, protocols, and communities.