Luis Proenca

Luis Proenca

Professor of Production Film & Television

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    MFA: TV Production;
    MA: Theology;
    BA: Philosophy;
    Associate Professor Luis Proenca is a Portuguese Jesuit priest involved in directing documentaries and new media art. Pukiki - The Portuguese Americans of Hawaii is Proenca's most recent work in which he served as Producer, Director and Editor. Pukiki was internationally broadcast over five continents on RTPi (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa Internacional) and was an Official Selection of the Hawaiian International Film Festival (October 2003). After Pukiki, he finished the documentary Mo'olelo - Oral Histories of the Portuguese in Maui, Oahu and Hawai'i. He has just remastered one of his earliest works, Hopes and Struggles of Mozambican Refugees for RTPi broadcast.