Words, Earth & Aloha: The Source of Hawaiian Music- Eddie Kamae

WORDS, EARTH & ALOHA: The Source of Hawaiian Music (1995)

HSV #1040 - 60 Minutes - Color
Hawai‘i International Film Festival Silver Maile Award Winner

. . . a fascinating cultural study of Hawai‘i from the 1870s to the 1920s, as seen through the development of a distinctly Hawaiian style of music. It charts the melding of imported musical forms with the indigenous chants of the native Hawaiians, and shows the continuous inspiration of the natural beauty of the islands.

—Rita De Silva, The Garden Island

In Hawai‘i, music has always been much more than a form of entertainment. Through the centuries it has been a primary means of cultural continuity. This documentary pays tribute to a range of composers who flourished between the 1870s and the 1920s, and for whom Hawaiian was still a first language. The film explores the poetry and play of Hawaiian lyrics, as well as the places and features of the natural world that inspired songs still loved and listened to today.

The WORDS, EARTH & ALOHA is the second documentary available on DVD. Other documentaries in the Series will be available in the near future. Your contribution to The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation can help make that happen. Please refer to Contribution page.