Jalena Keane-Lee

Jalena Keane-Lee is a filmmaker who explores intergenerational trauma and healing through an intersectional lens. Named Paper Magazine's Top 5 Asian Creators to Know, Jalena is the director of Standing Above the Clouds, which follows Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists, and has been supported by Pacific Islanders in Communication, Nia Tero, CNN Films, and Points North Institute. Her short film by the same name screened at New Orleans Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Allied Media Conference. Standing Above the Clouds was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the NFFTY and Guam Film Festivals, and is playing on the Criterion Collection. Jalena has produced a short film for Independent Lens, as well as commercial series for Nike and Facebook. She previously hosted the national environmental television show Eco Company, and won Tribecca Through Her Lens 2020. She's also been an AAJA, NeXt Doc and Jacob Burns Film Center Fellow. Her films have screened at the UN, HIFF, CAAMFest, and LAAPFF. She has been supported by NeXt Doc, The Jacob Burns Creative Culture Fellowship, PIC, and Nia Tero.