Hawaii Movies

  • 2023
    It Takes a Tutu to Raise a Village

    It Takes a Tutu to Raise a Village

    It Takes a Tutu to Raise a Village

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    A family from California moves to Hawaii and meets Tutu. Tutu teaches them how to live in Hawaii.

    It Takes a Tutu to Raise a Village
  • 2016
    Aina: That Which Feeds Us

    Aina: That Which Feeds Us

    Aina: That Which Feeds Us

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    The film highlights a way to address some of the most pressing environmental and health crises facing the island of Kauai - and of island Earth.

    Aina: That Which Feeds Us
  • 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
  • 2017
    Pauahi's Legacy

    Pauahi's Legacy

    Pauahi's Legacy

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    A short film about the love story between Charles Reed Bishop and Princess Pauahi (founders of Kamehameha Schools). This is based on a true story...

    Pauahi's Legacy
  • 2016
    The Women and the Waves 2

    The Women and the Waves 2

    The Women and the Waves 2

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    A documentary surf film that celebrates women and their unique approach to surfing and life. Following in the footsteps of the groundbreaking 2009...

    The Women and the Waves 2
  • 1949
    Mad Fire, Mad Love

    Mad Fire, Mad Love

    Mad Fire, Mad Love

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    A restless Chinese sea captain makes a stopover in Hawaii. While ashore, the captain befriends a Hawaiian-Chinese family and, at the mother's...

    Mad Fire, Mad Love
  • 2019
    How Do Geologists Study Volcanoes?

    How Do Geologists Study Volcanoes?

    How Do Geologists Study Volcanoes?

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    Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano has been spewing fire and molten rock non-stop for the last 30 years. It draws attention from all over the world, from...

    How Do Geologists Study Volcanoes?
  • 1970
    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise

    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise

    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise

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    A deliciously compelling look under the lei, and why the Hula Girl is one of the most potent and sexually alluring images in popular culture today.

    Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise
  • 1970
    Mauna Loa: The Hawaiian Giant

    Mauna Loa: The Hawaiian Giant

    Mauna Loa: The Hawaiian Giant

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    Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the largest active volcano on the planet. Its colossal mass could cause unsuspected dangers : its unstable flanks could...

    Mauna Loa: The Hawaiian Giant
  • 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?
  • 2015
    Kapu Aloha 101: Ke Kula o Maunakea

    Kapu Aloha 101: Ke Kula o Maunakea

    Kapu Aloha 101: Ke Kula o Maunakea

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    Documenting the Kapu Aloha movement, as they take a stand to defend Mauna Kea in the wake of the Thirty Meter Telescope protests.

    Kapu Aloha 101: Ke Kula o Maunakea
  • 2020
    A Climate For Change: A Second Life

    A Climate For Change: A Second Life

    A Climate For Change: A Second Life

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    Documentary series about how Hawaii is facing the climate change challenge.

    A Climate For Change: A Second Life
  • 2019
    Conflict on Mauna Kea

    Conflict on Mauna Kea

    Conflict on Mauna Kea

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    The conflict on Mauna Kea is about to enter it’s fourth week with no end in sight. This special Hawaii News Now mini-documentary takes a look...

    Conflict on Mauna Kea
  • 2013
    Hawaiian Punch

    Hawaiian Punch

    Hawaiian Punch

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    Hawaiian Punch follows two young Mormons, Nick and Tor, during their time in Hawaii. The audience is privy to their lives sharing a house and their...

    Hawaiian Punch
  • 2020
    Hawaii, l'âme du ukulélé

    Hawaii, l'âme du ukulélé

    Hawaii, l'âme du ukulélé

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    A passionate ukulele player, cartoonist Joann Sfar ("The Rabbi's Cat") flies to Hawaii to explore the history of the little instrument, as well as...

    Hawaii, l'âme du ukulélé
  • 2018
    Aloha Dying

    Aloha Dying

    Aloha Dying

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    Hawai'i is a horrible place to live. Anger permeates the landscape like a sea of lava beneath the surface. There are those who are fighting for...

    Aloha Dying
  • 2018
    Havaj: Ostrovy uprostřed Pacifiku

    Havaj: Ostrovy uprostřed Pacifiku

    Havaj: Ostrovy uprostřed Pacifiku

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    Havaj: Ostrovy uprostřed Pacifiku
  • 2019
    George Was the Last of His Kind

    George Was the Last of His Kind

    George Was the Last of His Kind

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    Snails in Hawaii are disappearing faster than any animal on the planet. “This is happening so fast, it’s as if something really...

    George Was the Last of His Kind
  • 2019
    Prescribing Hope: Trapped on the Streets

    Prescribing Hope: Trapped on the Streets

    Prescribing Hope: Trapped on the Streets

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    For homeless people incapacitated by mental illness in Hawaii, years go by and nothing changes. They’re trapped. And their families struggle to...

    Prescribing Hope: Trapped on the Streets
  • 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