Lañinbwil's Gift (2012)
Laninbwil's Gift is the story of Jacob, an old island man with a complicated secret. When Jacob was a teenager, a noniep, a Marshallese fairy known for helping troubled souls, transformed him from a simpleton into a normal young man. This favor, however, came with a cost: The noniep made Jacob promise that one day he must bestow this new-found intelligence upon another deserving person. After a lifetime of pondering this otherworldly commitment to the noniep, Jacob discovers Laninbwil, a homeless young man. Just when Jacob begins to get close to the troubled youth, Laninbwil unwittingly gets caught up in a war of mystical power between an evil Mejenkwar, a demon that possesses pregnant women, and her archenemy, the gifted, shamanic old woman, Lijimu.
Directors: Suzanne Chutaro, Jack Niedenthal.
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Iohaan Anjolok as Lainbwil / Letao |
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Lulani Ritok as Miko |
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Netha Gideon as Lijimu |
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Lyel Tarkwon as Bartowe |
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Wyre Kimej as Jacob |
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Martha Horiuchi as Mejenkwar / Kaila |
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Randon Jack as Liki |
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Maxter Tarkwon as Noniep |
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Loreen Bigler as Libao, Kaila's mother |
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Matiti Johnson as Delia, Liki's mother |
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Jamore Melson as Momo, Kaila's sister |
| Directing | Suzanne Chutaro | Director |
| Directing | Jack Niedenthal | Director |
| Sound | Jack Niedenthal | Sound Editor |
| Art | Jack Niedenthal | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jack Niedenthal | Production Design |
| Editing | Jack Niedenthal | Editor |
| Camera | Jack Niedenthal | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nelu Debrum | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Suzanne Chutaro | Producer |
| Production | Jack Niedenthal | Producer |
| Writing | Jack Niedenthal | Writer |
