Kaho'olawe
(1997, 57 min. Documentary) US
Producer: David H. Kalama, Jr. (Native Hawaiian)
Director: David H. Kalama, Jr. (Native Hawaiian)
Produced by: Kalama Productions
A chronicle of the years-long effort by Native Hawaiians to
recover their sacred island Kaho'olawe, which had been used as
a military bombing range. As the film shows, the struggle often
took the form of traditional Native Hawaiian oratory, dance and
ceremony.
Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio,
2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova,
NMAI
