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PBS Hawai‘i Presents offers independent documentaries, dramas, music showcases and special event programming about Hawai‘i, by Hawai‘i producers.

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PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS - The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific

PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS
The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020

  Directed by Sam Low and Boyd Estus, this documentary explores the heritage of Polynesian wayfinding, and how indigenous Pacific societies sustained their navigational practices and practitioners. The film features Mau Piailug, who was at that point the last known navigator to be ceremonially initiated on Satawal, an atoll in Micronesia’s remote Caroline Islands.   […]

PBS HAWAII PRESENTS The Quietest Place on Earth

PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS
The Quietest Place on Earth

Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

  On the island of Maui, Haleakala rises 10,000 feet – nearly two miles – into the sky. The massive crater located at its summit carries the unique distinction of being “the quietest place on Earth.” The exquisite stillness of its stark volcanic landscape inspires a variety of experiences ranging from spiritual to philosophical. Featured […]

PBS HAWAII PRESENTS Journey to Emalani

PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS
Journey to Emalani

Tuesday, January 7th, 2020

  The commemoration of Queen Emma’s 1871 visit to the upland forest of West Kauai, as experienced by three hula halau, is the subject of this PBS Hawai‘i-produced film. It follows the halau and their kumu hula to Kokee for an annual festival of hula and chant, Eo e Emalani i Alaka’i (Emalani Festival): Tony […]

PBS HAWAII PRESENTS: Canefield Songs: Holehole Bushi

PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS
Canefield Songs: Holehole Bushi

Thursday, December 19th, 2019

  In this new film, Professor of Anthropology Christine Yano explains, “If we want to know something of what some of these womenʻs lives were like…we could do no better than to listen to their own words, as expressed through song.” The women that Professor Yano is referring to are Japanese immigrants who worked in […]

PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS - Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawai‘i

PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS
Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawaiʻi

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

  Kazuo Yamane, a Nisei Japanese American from Hawaiʻi, played a crucial strategic role in WWII. Drafted just before the war, Yamane became a part of the 100th Infantry Battalion. He was plucked from their ranks for his exceptional knowledge of the Japanese language, which would lead him to the Pentagon and to Europe, where […]