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Nation Within: The Story of America’s Annexation of Hawaiʻi
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In 1998, a locally-made film exposed what Native Hawaiians had written, talked and sung about for a century: the true story of how and why Hawai‘i became part of the United States.
Air Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2026 8:30 PM

This 1998 film by Tom Coffman exposes the truth Native Hawaiians have known for more than 100 years about how Hawai‘i became part of the United States. It recounts the exhaustive efforts by Queen Lili‘uokalani and her supporters to resist annexation and restore the monarchy that was illegally overthrown.