From: Na Maka o ka ‘Aina <NaMaka@interpac.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:26:31 -1000
Subject: MALAMA HALOA – PROTECTING THE TARO to screen in May
Aloha,
We are happy to announce that our new video MALAMA HALOA – PROTECTING THE TARO will premiere May 1 as part of the first annual `Oiwi Film Festival with three additional screenings in May.
This video features Native Hawaiian practitioner Jerry Konanui and his work to protect his kupuna, Haloa the taro.
The locations and events featured in the video include:
• taro planting, harvesting and poi making at Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Kona
• Jerry’s talk at Kahanu Garden in Hana, Maui
• the three-day Malama Haloa event at the legislature (2008)
• poi making at the legislature (2009)
The screenings will be at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts, May 1, 6, 7 & 9 at 7:30 pm.
Please visit the Honolulu Academy of Arts website and scroll down to the ‘OIWI FILM FESTIVAL to see the lineup of other fine indigenous films to be shown.
mahalo.
~Puhipau
~Joan Lander
Na Maka o ka ‘Aina
PO Box 29
Na’alehu, Hawai’i 96772-0029
Ph. 808.929.9659
namaka@interpac.net
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