Hawaii Movies

  • 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
  • 2008
    Charles Reed Bishop: Hawaii's First Banker

    Charles Reed Bishop: Hawaii's First Banker

    Charles Reed Bishop: Hawaii's First Banker

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    The documentary, titled "Hawaii's First Banker", tells the story of a man of integrity, commitment and caring. The core values he established long...

    Charles Reed Bishop: Hawaii's First Banker
  • 2008
    Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

    Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

    Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

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    In 1965, Patsy Takemoto Mink became the first woman of color in the United States Congress. Seven years later, she ran for the US presidency and was...

    Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
  • 2014
    A Place in the Middle

    A Place in the Middle

    A Place in the Middle

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    Eleven year old Ho'onani dreams of leading the hula troupe at her inner-city Honolulu school. The only trouble is that the group is just for boys....

    A Place in the Middle
  • 2011
    Over Hawaii

    Over Hawaii

    Over Hawaii

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    Go to the Big Island and hover above erupting craters at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, watch flowing orange lava ooze across charred rock and steam...

    Over Hawaii
  • 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
  • 1938
    The Great Heart

    The Great Heart

    The Great Heart

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    This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope...

    The Great Heart
  • 2016
    95 and 6 to Go

    95 and 6 to Go

    95 and 6 to Go

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    Filmmaker Kimi Takesue captures the cadence of daily life for Grandpa Tom, a retired postal worker born to Japanese immigrants to Hawai’i in...

    95 and 6 to Go
  • 2022
    After the Endling

    After the Endling

    After the Endling

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    A shadow puppet film inspired by the story of an extinct Hawaiian tree snail (pūpū kani oe) named Lonely George.

    After the Endling
  • 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
  • 2001
    The Night Marchers

    The Night Marchers

    The Night Marchers

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    The Night Marchers follows a "real" documentary crew who have strangely disappeared following a journey to chilling Hawaiian site. On a mission to...

    The Night Marchers
  • 2020
    Tua

    Tua

    Tua

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    Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, a generational football talent, embarks on a journey that began from a childhood family prophecy. Follow Tua as he...

    Tua
  • 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
  • 1982
    Rap's Hawaii

    Rap's Hawaii

    Rap's Hawaii

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    Hawaiian comedy institution Rap Reiplinger brings to life his most beloved characters in this Emmy-winning special, which features extensive...

    Rap's Hawaii
  • 2019
    Hawaii: Living on the Edge in Paradise?

    Hawaii: Living on the Edge in Paradise?

    Hawaii: Living on the Edge in Paradise?

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    During the summer of 2018, hundreds of earthquakes shook the summit of Kiilauea, sparking the volcano's largest eruption in 200 years. To some, it...

    Hawaii: Living on the Edge in Paradise?
  • 2019
    Like a Mighty Wave

    Like a Mighty Wave

    Like a Mighty Wave

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    On Wednesday, July 17th 2019, a heavily armed police force arrested 36 Native Hawaiian kūpuna peacefully protecting Maunakea from desecration....

    Like a Mighty Wave
  • 2016
    Aloha From Lavaland

    Aloha From Lavaland

    Aloha From Lavaland

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    Explores what it really means to live in such an unpredictable paradise, and what the incident can teach the rest of the world about community,...

    Aloha From Lavaland
  • 1989
    Pele's Appeal

    Pele's Appeal

    Pele's Appeal

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    In the swirling volcanic steam and misty rain forest of Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone on the island of Hawai’i, two forces meet head...

    Pele's Appeal
  • 2003
    Nihi

    Nihi

    Nihi

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    Nihi is a film biography of Titus Kinimaka, one of the last remaining professional big-wave riders of pure Hawaiian descent. As a boy, he won surf...

    Nihi
  • 1997
    Hawaii's Last Queen

    Hawaii's Last Queen

    Hawaii's Last Queen

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    Honeymooners, tourists and surfers flock to Hawaiian shores every year, but life wasn't always serene in the tropical paradise. In the 1890s, the...

    Hawaii's Last Queen