HOʻI KA ʻŌLELO: THE REVITALIZATION OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Directed by Liʻua Tengan- Pacific Cinewaves
- USA
- Documentary, History, Pacific Islander
- English, Hawaiian
- 2020
- 10 mins
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The Hawaiian language was once banned from being spoken in schools. This documentary captures the fight to ensure its return to schools and shows the progress made since then.
CREDITS:
Director: LiʻUa Tengan
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Pacific Cinewaves
From a young Samoan woman stricken with bleeding stigmata, to a documentary portrait on Native Hawaiian slam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, to an animated tale that reveals the hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach; these pieces are cinematic love letters to the living culture of the Pacific.
