Hawaii Movies

  • 2011
    6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films

    6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films

    6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films

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    6B is the anthology feature film of five Hawaii filmmakers. Each of the four stories revolve around rooms with the number 6B and the film examines...

    6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films
  • 1993
    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

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    This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the...

    Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
  • 1988
    Kahuku: Survival of a Plantation Town

    Kahuku: Survival of a Plantation Town

    Kahuku: Survival of a Plantation Town

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    When the Kahuku sugar plantation and mill shut down in the 1970's, workers who lived in plantation housing had to decide how to hold the community...

    Kahuku: Survival of a Plantation Town
  • 2018
    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

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    Samuel Wilder King, a descendant of Scottish sailors and Hawaiian royalty, served as a distinguished Naval officer in both World Wars before becoming...

    Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood
  • 2023
    Decoding Ancestral Knowledge

    Decoding Ancestral Knowledge

    Decoding Ancestral Knowledge

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    Enter the captivating world of scientific exploration through the lens of Kiana Frank who is a proud Native Hawaiian and microbiologist. Her unique...

    Decoding Ancestral Knowledge
  • 2015
    The Roots of 'Ulu

    The Roots of 'Ulu

    The Roots of 'Ulu

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    Follow the mythological origins of ‘ulu, its journey from Tahiti to Hawai‘i on Polynesian voyaging canoes, and modern efforts to...

    The Roots of 'Ulu
  • 2013
    E Haku Inoa: To Weave a Name

    E Haku Inoa: To Weave a Name

    E Haku Inoa: To Weave a Name

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    A mother and daughter, estranged by divorce and mental health issues, reconnect through patience, understanding, and their a shared appreciation of...

    E Haku Inoa: To Weave a Name
  • 2016
    Aina: That Which Feeds Us

    Aina: That Which Feeds Us

    Aina: That Which Feeds Us

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    The film highlights a way to address some of the most pressing environmental and health crises facing the island of Kauai - and of island Earth.

    Aina: That Which Feeds Us
  • 2017
    Go for Broke

    Go for Broke

    Go for Broke

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    During the tumultuous year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of University of Hawaii ROTC students navigate wartime Hawaii and fight...

    Go for Broke
  • 1970
    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise

    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise

    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise

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    A deliciously compelling look under the lei, and why the Hula Girl is one of the most potent and sexually alluring images in popular culture today.

    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise
  • 2022
    Syngman Rhee's Thirty Years in Hawaii

    Syngman Rhee's Thirty Years in Hawaii

    Syngman Rhee's Thirty Years in Hawaii

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    Syngman Rhee, the founding president of the Republic of Korea spent a total of thirty years in Hawaii. The first 25 years occurred before he was...

    Syngman Rhee's Thirty Years in Hawaii
  • 2024
    The Birth of Korea

    The Birth of Korea

    The Birth of Korea

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    Since South and North Korea's liberation in 1945, North Korea, a communist dictatorship that suppresses freedom and oppresses human rights, and South...

    The Birth of Korea
  • 2018
    Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe

    Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe

    Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe

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    From 2019 Maui Film Festival This powerful documentary celebrates the historic Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage that connected countless individuals and...

    Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe
  • 2023
    Aina Nani

    Aina Nani

    Aina Nani

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    Filmed on the big island of Hawai'i, this contemplative piece is composed of painterly landscapes and rich soundscapes that express the beauty and...

    Aina Nani
  • 2024
    Huli

    Huli

    Huli

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    After a boxer relocates from New York to Hawai'i, a friendship with his coach expands his awareness of ancestral connection, purpose, and power....

    Huli
  • 2014
    Kumu Hina

    Kumu Hina

    Kumu Hina

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    A powerful film about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture and values within the Westernized society of modern day Hawaiʻi. It is...

    Kumu Hina
  • 2005
    The Bruce Movie

    The Bruce Movie

    The Bruce Movie

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    Shot entirely on 16mm, Super 8 and 35mm movie film, "The Bruce Movie" is an in-depth look at one of the most renowned surfers on the planet: Bruce...

    The Bruce Movie
  • 2022
    O'o: The Last Voice of Kauai

    O'o: The Last Voice of Kauai

    O'o: The Last Voice of Kauai

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    An environmental film about human-caused extinction featuring a bird known as the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, which was once endemic to the...

    O'o: The Last Voice of Kauai
  • 2017
    Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson

    Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson

    Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson

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    Pinky Thompson grew up in Hawaii during a time when one was punished for being Native Hawaiian. After almost losing his life in the battlefields of...

    Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson
  • 2012
    Seeds of Hope

    Seeds of Hope

    Seeds of Hope

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    A look at food security in the Hawaiian islands

    Seeds of Hope