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Anthony Banua-Simon

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The Hawaiian island of Kaua'i is seen as a paradise of leisure and pristine natural beauty, but these escapist fantasies obscure the colonial displacement, hyper-exploitation of workers and destructive environmental extraction that have actually shaped life on the island for the last 250 years. Cane Fire critically examines the island's history--and the various strategies by which Hollywood has represented it--through four generations of director Anthony Banua-Simon's family, who first immigrated to Kaua'i from the Philippines to work on the sugar plantations. Assembled from a diverse array of sources--from Banua-Simon's observational footage, to amateur YouTube travelogues, to epic Hollywood dance sequences--Cane Fire offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as "extras" in their own story.
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Cane Fire (2020)
Anthony Banua-Simon is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and editor named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 2021 "25 New Faces of Independent Film" and DOC NYC's 2022 "40 Under 40". His debut feature documentary, Cane Fire, was an official selection of the 2020 Hot Docs International Film Festival as well as the 2021 MoMA Doc Fortnight and won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 2020 Indie Memphis Film Festival and the 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Cane Fire was distributed theatrically by Cinema Guild and is available to stream on The Criterion Channel. The film has received praise in RogerEbert.com, The Wrap, Jacobin, Film Threat, and Hyperallergic among several other outlets.

His short documentary about two former workers of the Domino Sugar Refinery, Third Shift, won "Best Short Documentary" at the 2014 Brooklyn Film Festival and was previously streaming on The Criterion Channel. He's featured in The New York Times, BOMB Magazine, Screen Slate, Pioneer Works Broadcast, and HuffPost.

Anthony attended The Evergreen State College and was a fellow at the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Program. He's a member of the volunteer-run Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, NY.
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Cane Fire (2020)
    Cane Fire
    7.2
    • Editor
    • 2020
    John Travolta and Denzel Washington in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
    The Taking of Pelham 123
    6.4
    • Production Department(as Anthony Simon)
    • 2009
    Third Shift (2014)
    Third Shift
    7.0
    Short
    • Editor(as Anthony Simon)
    • 2014
    A Local Future (2004)
    A Local Future
    Short
    • Editor(as Anthony Simon)
    • 2004

    Credits

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    Editorial Department



    • The Great Green Wall (2019)
      The Great Green Wall
      6.9
      • additional assistant editing (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2019
    • Family Pictures USA (2019)
      Family Pictures USA
      TV Series
      • online shorts editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2019
    • Bedlam (2019)
      Bedlam
      7.5
      • additional editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2019
    • Most Expensivest (2017)
      Most Expensivest
      6.7
      TV Series
      • on-line editor
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon, as Anthony Simon)
      • 2018
    • Tea Time on Hip Hop Nation (2018)
      Tea Time on Hip Hop Nation
      5.5
      Short
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2018
    • Vice News Tonight (2016)
      Vice News Tonight
      8.2
      TV Series
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2018
    • Full Circle (2017)
      Full Circle
      Short
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • Hassan v NYPD
      Short
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • Our Brother's Keeper
      Short
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • Right to Care
      Short
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • George & Grace
      Short
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • Earthworks (2017)
      Earthworks
      7.8
      TV Series
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • Marsha P. Johnson in The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
      The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
      7.2
      • development trailer editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • Jaha's Promise (2017)
      Jaha's Promise
      7.7
      • additional editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2017
    • Hamilton's Pharmacopeia (2011)
      Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
      8.9
      TV Series
      • assistant editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2016

    Editor



    • The Pink Palace
      • Editor
      • Pre-production
    • The Experiment Station
      • Editor
      • Filming



    • World Enterprises
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2026
    • Fiction Contract (2025)
      Fiction Contract
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • Future Hell (2024)
      Future Hell
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Halpate (2021)
      Halpate
      8.1
      Short
      • co-editor
      • 2021
    • Cane Fire (2020)
      Cane Fire
      7.2
      • Editor
      • 2020
    • Seduced by Jesus
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2018
    • David A.R. White in Pure Flix and Chill: The David A.R. White Story (2018)
      Pure Flix and Chill: The David A.R. White Story
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2018
    • Kauai Thru Hollywood
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2014
    • Third Shift (2014)
      Third Shift
      7.0
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2014
    • The Lady Who Lived Near the Statue (2013)
      The Lady Who Lived Near the Statue
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2013
    • Addiction Incorporated (2011)
      Addiction Incorporated
      7.1
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2011
    • Ouija Tape
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2011
    • The President's Speech
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2007
    • A Local Future (2004)
      A Local Future
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2004
    • The Importance of Film Preservation
      Short
      • Editor (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2004

    Director



    • The Pink Palace
      • directed by
      • Pre-production
    • The Experiment Station
      • Director
      • Filming



    • World Enterprises
      Short
      • director
      • 2026
    • Future Hell (2024)
      Future Hell
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Off the Air (2011)
      Off the Air
      8.4
      TV Series
      • laughing stock
      • 2021
    • Cane Fire (2020)
      Cane Fire
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Seduced by Jesus
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2018
    • David A.R. White in Pure Flix and Chill: The David A.R. White Story (2018)
      Pure Flix and Chill: The David A.R. White Story
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2018
    • Kauai Thru Hollywood
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2014
    • Third Shift (2014)
      Third Shift
      7.0
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2014
    • The Lady Who Lived Near the Statue (2013)
      The Lady Who Lived Near the Statue
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2013
    • Ouija Tape
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2011
    • The President's Speech
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2007
    • A Local Future (2004)
      A Local Future
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2004
    • The Importance of Film Preservation
      Short
      • Director (as Anthony Simon)
      • 2004

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    Cane Fire - Official Trailer
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    Cane Fire - Official Trailer

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      • Anthony Simon
    • Height
      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)

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