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International Cry reviews Noho Hewa

International Cry (“Essential news and film on the world’s Indigenous Peoples”) has a review up for Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai’i film by Anne Keala Kelly.

There’s so much more to this story–and so few ways for us to hear it.

The award-winning film Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai’i is a good place to start. This independent documentary provides a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics and resistance to their systematic erasure. It is a raw, unscripted story that makes critical links between seemingly unrelated industries, and is told from the perspective of Hawaiians.

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1 comment to International Cry reviews Noho Hewa

  • Ken Ng

    Hawai’i–one of the most egrigous examples of American empire. America continues to ramp up its militarization of foreign and domestic policy, and the indigenous peoples suffer as a result. And all for what?

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