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

Air Date: Thu, Aug 29, 2024 9:00 PM

Hear from local farmers and other stakeholders as they share ideas on how to increase the state’s homegrown food supply…

Air Date: Thu, Aug 22, 2024 8:30 PM

Enjoy this encore presentation of the Emmy-winning first Family Ingredients special from 2013…

Air Date: Thu, May 30, 2024 8:30 PM

Like the cheesecakes he sells out of his Kaimukī shop in East Honolulu, Otto Cake, Scott “Otto” McDonough, is a blend of unexpected flavors…

Air Date: Thu, May 2, 2024 8:30 PM

Fifty years ago, a fiery, young politician from Pā‘ia, Maui championed federal legislation that changed America…

Air Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2024 8:30 PM

Keep It A Secret, recounts the inspiring true story of the dawn of Irish surfing…

Air Date: Thu, Mar 7, 2024 8:30 PM

This documentary, tells the story of a charismatic band’s devotion to a sound that continues to convey something essential about the Hawaiian spirit…

Air Date: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 9:00 PM

This film recounts the diverse history of the rich, fertile area on the slopes of Haleakalā…

Air Date: Thu, Feb 8, 2024 8:30 PM

Eighty years ago in February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the establishment of internment camps for people of Japanese ancestry…

Air Date: Thu, Jan 25, 2024 9:00 PM
Homegrown Hawaiʻi investigates why Hawaiʻi imports an estimated 85 to 90 percent of the food consumed here and asks, "Can we reverse this?" Farmers and ranchers from all four counties and reveal the risks, challenges and rewards of farming and ranching in Hawaiʻi. Directed, shot and edited by Lynn Beittel of Visionary Video.
Air Date: Thu, Dec 28, 2023 8:30 PM
Enjoy this encore showing of Homealani, a 2012 documentary by Hawaiʻi filmmaker Ann Marie Kirk. The film profiles her grandfather, Oliver Homealani Kupau, who was born in Hauʻula, Windward Oʻahu in 1899, a year after the illegal annexation of Hawaiʻi by the United States. The film shares her grandfather's journey through Hawaiʻi's cultural transition from indigenous to western while never forgetting his Native Hawaiian roots.
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