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Waikiki Wedding fim screening

Created by PA‘I Foundation (See other events)
  • Sep 27, 2009 from 6:00am to 8:00am
  • Location: ARTS at Marks Garage
  • Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2021
• • FREE • •Kumu Hula Vicky Holt Takamine & PAʻI Foundation present a free screening of the 1937 Paramount film classic, Waikiki Wedding, fondly remembered for Hapa Haole standards, "In a Little Hula Heaven", "Blue Hawaii" and the Oscar-winning "Sweet Leilani". Presented as part of the 7th Annual Hapa Haole Hula & Music Festival.This film helped spark the heyday of the Hapa Haole music craze. While the images of Hawai‘i created during era have fallen out of favor with many modern Hawaiians, films like Waikiki Wedding helped Hawaiians keep a connection to their cultural traditions prior to the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s.Whether the film inspires fond memories of a by-gone era, or conversations about the need for Hawaiians to create their own images, you will find something to inspire you . . . and have fun, too.
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