Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 5, 1 May 1996 — "Then There Were None" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"Then There Were None"

Award winning documentary to be shown at Smithsonian

The award winning documentary film, "Then There Were None," a study of the native Hawaiian decline in populalion and exile, will be shown Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. at the Smithsonian's NationaI Museum of the Amenean

Indian. "Hawaiians are at a enlieai point in thcir population and thcir culture so it's crucial to get their stories out beyond our shores," producer Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey said. "Then There Were None," a feature prescntation at the Pacific Island lmages Film Festival in American Samoa, Guam and Hawai'i, won the Chris Award at last year's Columbus International Filnt Festival. The film was pieced together using vintage and contemporary songs, rare film footage and archival stills. The 30-minute documcntary is part of the Smithsonian's "Pacific Visions" program whieh will be showing other films from "Pacific Diaries," a landmark documentary series from Pacific Islanders in Communication and Hawai'i Public Television. "Then There Were None" will also be shown on PBS on May 23. For more information contact

Pacific Islanders in Communication at (808) 5910059. The National Museum of the American Indian ean be reached at (212) 825-6894. Their home page is hup://www.si.edu/r,rriāi.