HAWAIIAN VOICES: Bridging Past to Present

HAWAIIAN VOICES: Bridging Past to Present (1998)

HSV #1060 - 60 Minutes - Color
Hawai‘i International Film Festival Audience Award Winner

“The films of Eddie Kamae are like no other. His only subject is his subject, not a demonstration of style. Direct, heartfelt, unlettered, pure, Kamae’s effect is one of wry precision.”

—Burl Burlingame, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

This award winning one-hour documentary honors the role of kupuna (elders) in preserving Hawaiian culture. It focuses on the legacies of three respected Hawaiian elders whose lives bridged the transition from older times into the late 20th century. They are Ruth Makaila Kaholoa‘a, of the Big Island; Lilia Wahinemaika‘i Hale, of O‘ahu and Molokai; and Reverend David “Kawika” Ka‘alakea, of Maui. Each is a living archive of invaluable lore and recollection, a treasure whose stories, memories and perspectives need to be shared as a way of bringing the healing wisdom of the past into the often fragmented world of the present.

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