Posted on: Friday, October 21, 2005
Making waves in Pacific, from politics to 'Puamana'
Advertiser Staff
The first Hawai'inuiakea Film Festival launches Wednesday at Halau O Haumea at the University of Hawai'i's Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, 2645 Dole St.
Hawai'inuiakea is a poetic reference to Polynesia and also is the name of the new School of Hawaiian Knowledge that is being created by the merger of the Kawaihuelani Hawaiian Language Department and the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies.
The festival is free and open to the public.
The schedule:
WEDNESDAY
7 p.m.: "Tuhoe: A History of Resistance," directed by Robert Pouwhare; 59 minutes. An exploration of the tenuous and volatile relationship between the New Zealand government and the Tuhoe people. A Q&A with director Pouwhare is scheduled.
8:15 p.m.: "Te Toa Aniwaniwa," directed by Robert Pouwhare; 52 min. Documentary on Oscar Temaru's journey to power and the presidency in the 2005 elections in Tahiti. Q&A with the director.
THURSDAY
7 p.m.: "King Kamehameha — A Legacy Renewed," directed by Tuti Baker; 26 min. Documentary follows art conservator Glenn Wharton into North Kohala, where he collaborates with community leaders to determine the treatment of a sculpture of Kamehameha installed in 1883.
7:30 p.m.: "Puamana," directed by Meleana Meyer; 37 min. A portrait of beloved songwriter Irmgard Farden Aluli.
8:10 p.m.: "And Then There Were None," directed by Elizabeth Lindsey; 55 min. A look at the history of Hawai'i and Hawaiians.
Q&A with the directors after all three films have screened.
OCT. 28
6 p.m.: Meet filmmakers Puhipau and Joan Lander over drinks and pupu.
7 p.m.: "The Tribunal"; 84 min. Focusing on the proceedings of the People's International Tribunal Hawai'i of 1993.
8:30 p.m.: "Mauna Kea — Temple Under Siege"; 57 min. A portrait of the mountain volcano that's the center of controversy: Should the summit be used for astronomical observatories or be preserved as a site sacred to the Hawaiian people?
Q&A with the filmmakers.
OCT. 29
7 p.m.: "Kamapua'a," a theatrical performance in the Hawaiian language in honor of the Pig God, by Kaliko and Ha'ili'opua Baker's troupe. 30 min.
7:40 p.m. "Steve Ma'i'i," directed by Kaliko Palmeira; 15 min. Winner of the Hawaii International Film Festival's People's Choice Award in 2004. Q&A and entertainment by Kaliko Palmeira, and his father and brother, Steve and Kai Ma'i'i.
8:30 p.m. "Natives in New York: Seeking Justice at the United Nations," directed by Na'alehu Anthony; 30 min. Documentary follows university students from the UH Center for Hawaiian Studies and high school students from Hawaiian charter school Halau Ku Mana as they call for self-determination for Native Hawaiians.
Q&A with filmmakers and a celebration with food and music afterward.
