NOHO HEWA wins HIFF award... free screenings on Friday and Sunday
Rec'd via email... Congratulations to Keala!
Everyone on Oahu go see this
film...
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008
18:46:38 -1000
From: "keala kelly"
<keala.kelly @ gmail.com>
Subject: NOHO
HEWA wins HIFF award... and reminder about free screenings on Friday and Sunday
PLEASE FWD
NOHO HEWA: The Wrongful
Occupation of Hawai'i
A documentary
about the militarization of Hawai'i, desecration and forced removal of Hawaiian
people received the Hawaii International Film Festival's highest award in the
documentary film category, The Halekulani Golden Orchid Award For Best
Documentary!
I am shocked and pleased
and very, very grateful, and I accepted it on behalf of ALL OF US, especially
the people in the film and others who are on the front lines of all of these
issues working to take back our
homeland.
There are still two more
screenings and I am hoping people will come out. Not sure yet how the ticketing
will work, but the festival will be showing it for free on Friday, Oct 17th at
3:30 pm and Sunday, Oct 19th at 6:45 pm. HIFF is doing this to make up for the
trouble with the limited capacity theater the film found itself in on Monday.
Let's take 'em up on it and talk story about this
story.
Hopefully by tomorrow we will
know if people can get those free tickets online or if they have to show up
first.
Please tell people to come out.
It's important to see Hawaiians in Hawaiian world on the big screen when
possible and the subject matter is immediate and dire. I can't believe this
little movie won the award, but it still needs all of us to show up, if
possible, and take the opportunity to talk story about what's happening
here.
Keala
BIG
PS—Kupuna need to have priority, so please help me with this, in case I am
distracted by the technical stuff. If folks come with kupuna, let's all put
them at the front of any line, if there is a line. It about broke my heart to
see Uncle Mel standing outside trying to get in and then not getting in. Hey...
here's an idea, let's all bring kupuna!
Posted: Tue - October 14, 2008 at 07:02 PM