We have hundreds of movies for you to see . But which one do YOU want to see RIGHT NOW? That is the question. To help you choose, we’ve asked five people to recommend some of their favorites. Delhi film celebrity Aruna Vasudev tells you about three landmark films from India, that are reviewed by Saibai Chatterjee. Asian film programmer Philip Cheah of Singapore recommends three great films by the famous Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho. The witty and beautiful Korean [...]
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2010 Country: United States Director: Tom Coffman Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Documentary Summary When the Territorial Governor of Hawaii signed the order for martial law after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, islanders believed that it was only for a short time, but it ended up lasting until 1944. Fear and hatred directed at Japanese Americans led to suspension of the rule of habeas corpus as the civilian [...]
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2003 Country: United States Director: Patricia Elser Gillespie Language: English Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary This documentary traces Hawaii’s Jazz scene through the prolific life of Betty Loo Taylor. Could a female Chinese-American pianist really play hot, swinging jazz with the big boys? Yes she could and 40 years later she is still busting the scene! “They Call Her Lady Fingers” won the Audience Award as Best Documentary at [...]
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1996 Country: United States Director: Dr. Elizabeth Kapu‘uwailani Lindsey Language: English Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Documentary Summary More than half a million native Hawaiians were living in the islands at the time of European contact in 1778. Within 50 years, that population was cut in half as Western diseases claimed thousands of lives. A litany of events followed: American missionaries preached unfamiliar ideas and customs; sugarcane and pineapple plantations [...]
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1996 Country: United States Director: Ruth Tuiteleleapaga Language: English Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Documentary Summary The Samoan culture does not reveal its secrets easily as is clear for both Reggie Meredith and So’oialo Sven Ortquist, two western-trained Samoan artists who embrace their heritage in their works. The Samoan Heart documents their personal journeys, struggles, and searches for self and the culture that sustains them. Part of the Pacific Diaries [...]
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2007 Country: United States Director: Tom Coffman Language: English Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary The First Battle is the previously untold struggle for freedom, equality and full citizenship in America. This struggle was waged unconventionally behind the scenes in Hawaii during the two years leading up to World War II and the first several years of the war. It pitted fragile inter-ethnic relationships and untested nisei (second-generation American-born Japanese) leadership [...]
Documentary filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo tells the story of her mother Norma, among the first Filipino war brides of WWII who came to America. At age 17, Norma met Wallace Castillo—a Hawaii-born son of an immigrant—in Manila during American occupation, and married him there. Norma married Wallace under pressure from her family to leave the war-torn Philippines and to live the American dream. She arrived in Hawaii from the Philippines in 1946, pregnant and a stranger to this land.
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1992 Country: United States Director: Stephanie Castillo Language: English Theme: Health & Disease Genre: Documentary Summary A Director’s Cut version of a 1993 EMMY Award-winning documentary, re-released in 2008. Father Damien, Simple Courage tells the tragic story of Hawaii’s leprosy epidemic (1865-1965) and the compassionate intervention of Belgium missionary priest Father Damien de Veuster. More than 8,000 sufferers, mostly native, were banished to Kalaupapa, an isolated peninsula on the island of [...]
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2010 Country: United States Director: Patricia Elser Gillespie Language: English Theme: Religion Genre: Documentary Summary This 16 minute short is an introduction to the basic beliefs of Islam as practiced in Malaysia. Through interviews with some Malaysian filmmakers, viewers begin to understand that practicing Muslims are not all fanatics as portrayed in the media.
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1993 Country: United States Director: Wendy Arbeit Language: Tongan Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Documentary Summary Tongan traditional dance rituals are performed for special honorary celebrations. The lakalaka (walking briskly), is considered the national dance of Tongan where the performers stand still and make gestures with only their arms. Unique to Polynesian dancing is the rotational movements of the hands, which flow with the head and eye movements. This short [...]
Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2003 Country: United States Director: Stephanie Castillo Language: English Theme: Animals Genre: Documentary Summary In this Special Edition of COCKFIGHTERS: The Interviews, documentary filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo has created a 115-minute version of her best-selling 8-hour DVD documentary, COCKFIGHTERS: The Interviews which presents a non-judgmental, anthropological inquiry into the American subculture of cockfighting and game fowl breeding. In this version, she has carefully selected a set of five interviews (out of [...]
Funerals are of enormous cultural significance in the Kingdom of Tonga. In contrast with the taboos regarding death in Western society, death in the Kingdom of Tonga follows a highly ritualized grieving process.
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