Ua Mau Ke Ea: Sovereignty Endures (Theatrical Version)
New Release
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1h 42m
Prepare yourself for a virtual mind-walk through the historical plateaus of the Hawaiian Islands. Ua Mau Ke Ea takes its audiences on a fascinating journey through the legal history of the Hawaiian Islands as it examines key events which shaped the law and politics of Polynesia’s first recognized nation state.
Filmmaker/Editor:
Kauʻi Sai-Dudoit
Videography:
Henry Mochida, Cal Hirai, Ioane Goodhue
Technical Support:
Leah Kihara, Dawn Kahiaupiʻo, John Pratt, Puhipau & Joan Lander, Nāʻālehu Anthony, Maui Tauotaha, ʻŌiwi TV, Tom Coffman, Shawn Pimental
Narrators:
ʻUmialīloa Sai, Kauʻi Sai-Dudoit, Moses Goods
Voices:
Wayne Keahi Chang, Roger Jellinek, Puakea Nogelmeier, Peewee Ryan, Uluwehi Sai, Ioane Goodhue, Kūʻike Kamakea-ʻŌhelo
Co-Editor: Henry Mochida
Script Writer: ʻUmialīloa Sai
Produced by: Pūʻā Foundation
Executive Producer: Toni Bissen
Recording Studios: Pacific Music & Sound, Doctor Trey Recording Studio
Music:
Kealiʻi Reichel, Kawika Kahiapo, Edward Balderston
Hawaiian Language Translation: Puakea Nogelmeier
PHOTOGRAPHY, STILLS & FILM
Bishop Museum Library & Archives
Hawaiʻi State Archives Photograph Collection
Walter & Loretta Ritte Private Collection
R. Jiggy Sai
Annie Kaʻaʻa
Florence Cummings
Doris Miocinivic
Calvin Hirai
Franco Salmoiraigi
Ian Lind
Kamehameha Schools
Puakea Nogelmeier
Kauʻi Sai-Dudoit
Henry Mochida
Special arrangement with Nā Maka O Ka ʻĀina
Interviews In Order of Appearance:
Walter & Loretta Ritte
Mehanaokalā Hind
Willy Kauai
Kamakamaikalani B. Beamer
Keanu Sai
Puakea Nogelmeier
Donovan Preza
Mahinapoepoe Paishon-Duarte
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