Film & Media

A woman speaking into a microphone at a festival or event, with a large blue backdrop displaying festival awards and acknowledgments for a film titled "There Are Things To Do".

Documentary

Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian, and woman of color, was an LGBTQ+ leader who helped shape the modern gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap of initiatives and tools for generations of activists as they face an ongoing anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. The film features Urvashi's life in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and her 34-year relationship with partner Kate Clinton, reminding us that the best place to build community and work toward equality starts at home.

Director: Mike Syers | Producer: Fermín Rojas

There Are Things To Do

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A man lying on a sand beach with his head resting on his arm, looking at the camera with a serious expression. The text 'HIGH TIDE' is in the top left corner, and 'Official Trailer' is in a box at the bottom left corner.

High Tide

Narrative

Lourenço (Marco Pigossi), a Brazilian immigrant whose visa is nearing its end, finds himself heartbroken and adrift when his American boyfriend unexpectedly leaves him alone in Provincetown with fleeting promises of his return.

Writer/Director: Marco Calvani | Consulting Producer: Fermin Rojas

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Alumbrones

Documentary

Cuba, a nation at a time of great uncertainty and possibility, is seen on the brink of major changes in 2012 through the eyes of its local creators.

Havana is home to an array of artists who have learned to make a living during very lean times. Alumbronestakes an unflinching look at the lives of twelve contemporary Cuban artists living in the capital city today. Through in-depth interviews, viewers get a glimpse into the many challenges these individuals face in the place they love to call home.

Director: Bruce Donnelly | Producer: Fermín Rojas

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Cover of a book titled "King Philip's Belt: A Story of Wampum," featuring a Native American man with traditional face paint and a bead belt, looking to the side.

King Philip’s Belt

Documentary

Present-day Wampanoag Native American artisans weave a ceremonial wampum belt for the first time in 300 years. They hope doing so will call out to the spirit of a long-lost artifact that belonged to the famed Wampanoag leader Metacom (also known as King Philip). This project was exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.

Director: Fermín Rojas | Producer: SmokeSygnals

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Two women dressed in historical clothing, sitting side by side, holding hands. One woman is wearing a white bonnet and a maroon dress, and the other woman is in a white bonnet and a dark dress. The background shows a beige wall and some hanging fabrics or clothing.

Women of Plymouth

Documentary

Part of the Our Story Exhibit: The Complicated Relationship of the Indigenous Wampanoag and the Mayflower Pilgrims.
These historical dramatizations imagine the relationships between Wampanoag women and their Pilgrim counterparts. Developed by Wampanoag producer SmokeSygnals for permanent display at the Provincetown Museum and traveling exhibit to museums around the world. This series of short films corrects the historical record regarding the interactions between the Wampanoag people and the European colonists.

Director: Fermín Rojas | Producer: SmokeSygnals

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A woman wearing a headscarf and a young man in a hat sit in a vehicle, looking tense. The image has the text 'UTAH FAMILY ROADTRIP LEADS TO TENSION' and the logo of Pacific Pulse.

The Ali'i King

Narrative

A Mormon family of Hawaiian German immigrants embark on a road trip through the Utah desert to attend the opening of Tikiland, a new Disneyland attraction. Along the way, family tensions heat up as the road to "the happiest place on earth” exposes painful cultural and emotional divisions.

Director/Writer: Christine Kunewa Walker | Executive Producer: Fermin Rojas

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A person dressed in traditional Native American clothing standing in front of fur hides and animal pelts with the text 'Awashonks 1674' displayed.

Our Story

Historical Museum Exhibits

Modern, accurate, and powerful, Our Story is the first permanent exhibit in the world to tell the story of the Mayflower’s arrival from the perspective of the Indigenous Wampanoag. The exhibition takes visitors from the tribe's early days on Cape Cod through the arrival of the Mayflower, exposing Pilgrim aggression that strained the relationship—a truth widely ignored in traditional history.

Fermin worked alongside the Wampanoag-owned production company Smoke Sygnals for two years to create historical reenactments and narrative short films based on historical records. It was an absolute honor to bring to life the vision of this talented Wampanoag creative team, led by writer Paula Peters and producer Steven Peters.

Director: Fermín Rojas | Producer: SmokeSygnals

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