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Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty Free screening Maui Film Festival

Created by Renata Lorenc (See other events)
  • Jun 21, 2009 from 10:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: SandDance Theater
  • Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2021
Maui Film Festival has announced that it will host the public world premiere of “ Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty”, a documentary by photojournalist Catherine Bauknight. This epic documentary will be showing as a Special Sunday Surprise film at 8:00pm on Father's Day Sunday, June 21st at the Solar powered SandDance Theater on Wailea Beach (below the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea). The 2009 Maui Film Festival, scheduled June 17-21 at the Wailea Resort and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, will honor Willie Nelson and Zooey Deschanel in person during the event. The festival is also scheduled to open with AcademyAward Best Foreign Language Film winner "Departures," along with "Highwater," and will close with "More Than a Game" at its outdoor Celestial Cinema screening."Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty" explores the culture and spirituality of the native Hawaiian People and its connection to the land . The film first screened at a private event at the Nation’s Capitol Building visitors center several. Politicians, authors, the Hawaiian Community and notaries attended. The intention of filmmaker Catherine Bauknights' documentary screening initially in the capital was to honor the legacy that Queen Liliuokalani left after Hawaii was overthrown in 1893. Queen Liliuokalani devoted her life to furthering the cause of Hawaiianrights in both Hawaii and Washington D.C. Now the documentary is coming home to celebrate these voices of the Hawaiian people that will resonate throughout the world.For more info go to www.catherinebauknight.com
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