Posted by Pono Kealoha on October 15, 2008 at 10:11am
NOHO HEWA wins HIFF award... and reminder about free screenings on Friday and Sunday PLEASE FWD (fwd)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URxtA2eIhQwNOHO HEWA: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'iA documentary about the militarization of Hawai'i, desecration and forcedremoval of Hawaiian people received the Hawaii International Film Festival'shighest award in the documentary film category, The Halekulani Golden OrchidAward For Best Documentary!I am shocked and pleased and very, very grateful, and I accepted it onbehalf of ALL OF US, especially the people in the film and others who are onthe front lines of all of these issues working to take back our homeland.There are still two more screenings and I am hoping people will come out.Not sure yet how the ticketing will work, but the festival will be showingit for free on Friday, Oct 17th at 3:30 pm and Sunday, Oct 19th at 6:45 pm.HIFF is doing this to make up for the trouble with the limited capacitytheater the film found itself in on Monday. Let's take 'em up on it andtalk story about this story.Hopefully by tomorrow we will know if people can get those free ticketsonline or if they have to show up first.Please tell people to come out. It's important to see Hawaiians in Hawaiianworld on the big screen when possible and the subject matter is immediateand dire. I can't believe this little movie won the award, but it stillneeds all of us to show up, if possible, and take the opportunity to talkstory about what's happening here.KealaBIG PSâ?"Kupuna need to have priority, so please help me with this, in caseIam distracted by the technical stuff. If folks come with kupuna, let's allput them at the front of any line, if there is a line. It about broke myheart to see Uncle Mel standing outside trying to get in and then notgetting in. Hey... here's an idea, let's all bring kupuna!
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