Enen Kio (Wake Island)
An aerial shot of Wake Island. The marina is to the left of the runway. Photo: Unknown Wake Island Lodge. Photo: Karen Earnshaw Cary Evarts with the Wake Island transport known as a Mule. Photo: Karen Earnshaw A squad of coconut crabs being looked after near the Wake Island water plant. Photo: Karen Earnshaw As […]
Beran Island
An aerial shot of Beran Island, Ailinglaplap. Photo: Indies Trader. Beran Island accommodation. Photo: Indies Trader. The dining area at Beran, Ailinglaplap. Photo: Indies Trader. A comfy bedroom at Beran, Ailinglaplap. Photo: Indies Trader. Beran Island, Ailinglaplap. Photo: Indies Trader The comfy accommodation at Beran Island, Ailinglaplap. Photo: Indies Trader Aerial shot of Beran Island, […]
Yacht Club Burgee Swap
The Mieco Beach Yacht Club’s burgee* is now amongst the hundreds of yacht club flags that are hung in the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu. MBYC’s Vice Commodore Cary Evarts and the WYC’s Membership Coordinator Lynette Duque followed the sailing tradition of swapping burgees on November 10, 2022. Lynette and other club officials were happy […]
A Look Back in Time
Former Peace Corps volunteer Dave Moss, who grew up in Richmond California, arrived in the Marshall Islands in July, 1968 to work as a teacher. First he taught at Rita Elementary and then moved on to Marshall Islands High School. He shared a house with Ron Levy, who worked with a number of business people […]
Won Hai Shien Recipes
Won Hai Shien is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Majuro. Over the past 15 years or so, the eatery has suffered from a huge fire and being asked to leave their Uliga Dock venue but, fortunately, in 2017 the owners reopened in a new location in Uliga. The menu has an extensive range of options […]
Asparagus with Lemon Butter
Adapting to Sea Level Rise
The World Bank has produced a five-minute video about future ocean inundation scenarios for Majuro Atoll. The video is part of a study produced jointly by the World Bank and the RMI government called “Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in the Marshall Islands.” It provides visual projections about the flooding that is forecast to occur […]
Marshall Islands Fixer
If you’re a journalist, consultant, or tourist and would like a fixer (facilitator) for the time you are in the Marshall Islands capital, Majuro, I’m your person! A journalist, photographer, and graphic designer, I have worked in Majuro since 1998 and I’m a Marshallese citizen. I have worked with a large number of journalists on […]
Eneko Island
Eneko Island is a quiet islet just 25 minutes by boat from downtown Majuro. It has a beautiful calm beach, clear water, and an all-weather picnic area. It’s a favorite weekend retreat for a day trips or overnight visits.
Captain John Marshall
The Marshall Islands are named after Captain John Charles Marshall who was born in 1748 in England. At the age of ten, Marshall became an apprentice sailor and spent the majority of his life at sea. The following story about Captain Marshall, after whom the Marshall Islands is named, was put together by the folk […]
Rise: From One Island to Another
A wonderful collaboration between two poets from opposite ends of the planet. The words and the footage speak for themselves. Enjoy. Karen
Watch Yokwe Bartowe
Film producer and director Jack Niedenthal has generously made the first two Microwwave films, Ña Noniep and Yokwe Bartowe, available to the public. Watch the show below and read all above it below that. Thank you Jack! “Yokwe Bartowe must be the most honest film I have ever seen. Raw, down-to-earth and true to reality, […]
Morning Comes So Soon
“The film grabs you and before you know it you’re on a roller coaster ride…Excitement and fun turns to crisis, calamity and tears…”Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal Made in 2008, Morning Comes So Soon is a love story about a Marshallese boy and a Chinese girl. It was the first feature film made in the […]
Watch Ña Noniep
Film producer and director Jack Niedenthal has generously made the first two Microwwave films, Ña Noniep and Yokwe Bartowe available to the public. Watch the show below and read all above it below that. Thank you Jack! “It was thrilling to see a film that was conceptualized, written, cast, filmed and edited in the Marshall […]
Your Human Rights
The Pacific Community Human Rights and Social Development Division asked Microwave Film’s Jack Niedenthal to make a short film on Human Rights. To do this they chose to use children to tell the story using three languages: Marshallese, English and sign language. The children who star in the locally-produced video Your Human Rights — Jimwe […]
Majuro’s Nudibranchs
In 2019 and 2020, two teams of cruising amateur scientists explored and photographed some of the incredible biodiversity in Majuro Lagoon, focusing especially on the very small, colorful creatures living in the tidal cuts. John and Lynette Flynn on the boat White Hawk and Ken Cone and Beth Van Zummeren on Eagle’s Wings have found […]
Lañinbwil’s Gift
“Jack Niedenthal and Suzanne Chutaro have successfully brought the Marshall Islands into the realm of global cinema – and the film world is a richer place thanks to their distinctive efforts.” –Phil Hall, Film Threat, July 2011 Lañinbwil’s Gift is the story of Jacob, an old island man with a complicated secret. When Jacob was a teenager, a […]
The Presidents’ Teacher
The woman who taught three RMI Presidents including Dr. Hilda Heine.
Watch Zori
Watch Zori, the ‘big’ short film from Jack Niedenthal’s Microwave Films. It was made in 2013.
Love Like the Islands
Six9Too Productions/Baka Solomon has just published Love Like the Islands, which on their YouTube channel is described as: “An Island Reggae mix recorded and produced at Six9too Productions Studio in the Marshall Islands located in the heart of the vast Pacific Ocean. Six9too is made up of a growing group of talented producers, artists and […]
