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Additional authors

1. Siebens, Evann.
2. Flanary, Lisette Marie.
3. Kaio, Sissy.
4. Hoʻomalu, Mark Kealiʻi.
5. Makuakāne, Patrick.
6. Bluestocking Films, Inc.
7. American Documentary, Inc.
8. Independent Television Service.
9. Pacific Islanders in Communications.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This documentary goes beyond the hula stereotypes promoted by Hollywood and tourism to examine the cultural and spiritual meaning of the hula and how hula tells the history of Hawaii through music, language, and dance. Focusing on the perpetuation of hula among Hawaiians living in California, the film features three kumu hula, or master hula teachers, Sissy Kaio, Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu, and Patrick Makuakāne, who are interviewed and seen at work; the dancers of their halaus [i.e. schools] are seen in rehearsals, performances and competitions, including the Merrie Monarch Festival in Honolulu. The kumu hulas discuss their experience as immigrants and the controversies surrounding traditional vs. modern adaptations of hula.

Uniform title

1. POV (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Hula beyond Hawaiʻi

Subject

1. Kaio, Sissy
2. Hoʻomalu, Mark Kealiʻi
3. Makuakāne, Patrick
4. Hula (Dance)
5. Hula teachers
6. Hawaiians > California > Social life and customs
7. Dance > Social aspects > California

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.
3. Documentaries and factual works.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8244

Note

1. "Produced in association with P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc., Independent Television Service (ITVS), Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC)."
2. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program Point of view on Aug. 5, 2003.

Title

1. American aloha [videorecording] : hula beyond Hawaiʻi / director/coproducer, Evann Siebens ; producer/codirector/writer, Lisette Marie Flanary ; produced by Bluestocking Films, Inc.

Imprint

1. [New York] : Bluestocking Films, c2003.

Local note

1. For press kit materials relating to this film, see *MGZR Hula (Dance) [clippings]

Added author

1. Siebens, Evann. Director
2. Flanary, Lisette Marie. Producer
3. Kaio, Sissy. Interviewee
4. Hoʻomalu, Mark Kealiʻi. Interviewee
5. Makuakāne, Patrick. Interviewee
6. Bluestocking Films, Inc.
7. American Documentary, Inc.
8. Independent Television Service.
9. Pacific Islanders in Communications.

Added title

1. POV (Television program)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8244