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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 HAWAII PRESENTS: Canefield Songs: Holehole Bushi

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Canefield Songs: Holehole Bushi

Monday, May 25th, 2020

  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 […]

LIʻA Legacy of a Hawaiian Man

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Liʻa: The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man

Monday, May 25th, 2020

  This award-winning documentary celebrates the music and spirit of Sam Li‘a Kalainaina, a performer and composer shaped by his home in remote Waipi‘o Valley on Hawai‘i Island.      

PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS - Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

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Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

Monday, May 11th, 2020

  Shortly after Hōkūle‘a was built in the 1970s, a search began for someone who could teach the art of navigation without modern instruments – native knowledge that had been all but lost. Master navigator Mau Piailug of Micronesia agreed to share what he knew. He played a critical role in Hōkūle‘a’s maiden voyage to […]

REEL WĀHINE OF HAWAIʻI

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Reel Wāhine of Hawaiʻi

Monday, April 20th, 2020

  Opening Comments: Leslie Wilcox with Vera Zambonelli and Shirley Thompson, the producers of Reel Wāhine of Hawaiʻi       Reel Wāhine of Hawaiʻi       Closing Comments: Vera Zambonelli and Shirley Thompson       About the Film   Reel Wāhine of Hawaiʻi is an hour-long compilation of six locally produced short […]

PBS HAWAIʻI PRESENTS - Strange Land: My Mother’s War Bride Story

PBS HAWAIʻI PRESENTS
Strange Land: My Mother’s War Bride Story

Monday, April 13th, 2020

  STRANGE LAND tells the story of Stephanie Castillo‘s Filipino mother’s journey as a WWII war bride. Her mother met and married a Hawaiʻi-born GI of same Filipino ancestry, but the journey to America was far from the dream marriage. How did Stephanie?s mother make peace with a decision she regretted?? Norma Vega Castillo was […]