PBS Hawaiʻi Presents features independent documentaries, dramas, music showcases and special event programs about Hawaiʻi, by Hawaiʻi producers.

Air Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2026 8:30 PM

This film looks at the history of Oʻahu’s Haʻikū Stairs and the battle to close or preserve them.

Air Date: Thu, Oct 29, 2026 8:30 PM

Local entertainers Keola Beamer and Jeff Peterson teach children in Bali to play the ʻukulele.

Air Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2026 8:30 PM

The film tells the story of Ah Quon McElrath who became one of the islands’ most influential leaders, giving voice to Hawaiʻi’s working class.

Air Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2026 8:30 PM

A musical drama film that takes you on a journey of untold stories of sacrifice, love, and unbreakable bonds of the first Korean immigrants in Hawaiʻi. 

Air Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2026 8:30 PM
When Silence Becomes the Song documents the urgent battle to save the ‘akikiki, the honeycreeper endemic to the island of Kaua‘i.
Air Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2026 8:30 PM
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, Sep 24, 2026 9:00 PM

A 1995 film by Tom Coffman that chronicles the islands’ history. The documentary features Kumu John Keola Lake sharing stories and chants; Herb Kāne, renowned artist and co-founder of the Polynesian Voyaging Society; and scholar and author Rubellite Kawena Johnson.

Air Date: Thu, Sep 17, 2026 10:00 PM

Follow Isaac Hoʻopiʻi in the years after he rescued victims from the Pentagon in the 9/11 attacks.

Air Date: Thu, Sep 17, 2026 8:30 PM

Hawaiʻi mirrored Western culture after annexation but a renaissance revived language, mele and hula.

Air Date: Sat, Sep 12, 2026 9:00 PM

About six months after 9/11, Hawai‘i TV journalist-turned-independent producer Emme Tomimbang Burns learned that two teenaged daughters of a fallen Bronx, New York firefighter, Ray Meisenheimer, were planning to perform a dance in honor of their father at a 9/11 remembrance event in their Long Island community.

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