Cultural Film Series: Papakolea - A Story of Hawaiian Land

Papakolea - A Story of Hawaiian Land
1998 USA Color English TRT 56 Min.

Directed and co-written by Edgy Lee, with Academy Award winning cinematographer, Haskell Wexler; and Emmy Award winning documentary writer and producer, Saul Landau. This film received the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Silver Award for Independent Programming, the National Education Silver Apple; the International CINE Golden Eagle; and other awards for writing and directing.

Under constant threat of losing their land to corporate agriculture and federal government ownership, Native Hawaiians in Papakolea petitioned Congress to protect their land under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (1920). Their appeal, initiated by the women of this settlement community who struggled against poverty and racism, won the support of FDR and the U.S. Congress. Their 1930s victory continues to affect the lives of Hawaiians to this day while their determination to keep their culture alive is told by the few surviving elders. We begin to see the crucial thread that connects events of the past with the political and social conflicts of today's Native Hawaiians, still struggling for rights to their homelands.).

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Native Hawaiian Center, Honolulu CC

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Jonathan K. Wong, 844-2345, wongjona@hcc.hawaii.edu

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