Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 12, Number 11, 1 Nowemapa 1995 — Film fest features films by, about Hawaiians [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Film fest features films by, about Hawaiians

The 1995 Hawai'i International Film Festival - the only major festival in the world that screens its films free to the gen- <. ral public - runs Nov. 3-16. More than 100 feature films. shorts and documentaries representing the finest in Asian, Pacific and North American film will be shown statewide. In addition. filmmakers gathered from around the world will present their films and participate in post-viewing discussions. The festival will present the world premiere of "'Onipa'a," the OHA-funded documentary covering the 100-year eommemoration of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchv. Videographer David Kalama combined archival and modern footage along with interviews and Hawaiian-lan-guage narration (with English subtitles) to capture the dignity and emotion of the eommemoration. "'Onipa'a" will be shown Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. at Punahou School's Wo Intemational Conference Center, Nov. 1 1 at 6 p.m. at the Keauhou Beach Hotel in Kona,

and Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Other films of potential interest to Hawaiians: • "'lmi 'lke" recounts the Polynesian Voyaging Society's creation of the doublehulled sailing eanoe Hawai'iloa. (Nov. 6, 5 p.m.. Punahou School's Wo International Conference Center; Nov. 11, 3 p.m., Keauhou Beach Hotel in Kona; Nov. 13, 3 p.m., Maui Arts & Cultural Center) • "Inside Rapa Nui," depicts how a small, isolated island stmggles to strike a delicate balance between membership in the global community and preservation of ancient traditions. (Nov. 8, 6:15 p.m., Punahou School's Wo International Conference Center; Nov. 12, 3 p.m., Keauhou Beach Hotel in Kona; Nov. 13, 9 p.m., Maui Arts & Cultural Center) • "O Hawai'i" tells an l,800-year story from the first Hawaiian settlements to the formation of the Hawaiian nation-state and explodes the idea that a static society exist-

ed before the arrival of Captain Cook. (Nov. 3, 6 p.m., Punahou School's Wo Intemational Conference Center; Nov. 11, 4 p.m., Keauhou Beach Hotel in Kona; Nov. 13, 5 p.m., Maui Arts & Cultural Center) • "Songs on the Wind," a story of resistance against the Provisional Government in the Hawai'i of the 1890s. (Nov. 6, 6 p.m., Punahou School's Wo International Conference Center; Nov. 11, 1 p.m., Keauhou Beach Hotel in Kona; Nov. 13, 4 p.m., Maui Arts & Cultural Center) • "Then There Were None," Elizabeth Lindsey's look at the dwindling numbers of native Hawaiians and the "selling" of Hawai'i at the expense of the indigenous popu!ation. (Nov. 3, 7 p.m., Tenney Theater; Nov. 11, 2 p.m., Keauhou Beach Hotel in Kona; Nov. 12, 4:30 p.m., Maui Arts & Cultural Center; Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Moloka'i Public Library) • "W'ords, Earth & Aloha," directed by Eddie Kamae, shows how music has been a primary means of cultural continuity in

Hawai'i and pays tribute to a range of composers who flourished between

the 1870s and 1920s. (Nov. 8, 5:30 p.m., Tenney Theater; Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m., Maui Arts & Cultural Center; Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Kīlauea Theater) For more information, eall 528-FILM.

Kimo Kahoano and Lani Shannon star in "Songs of the Wind."