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Hawaii International Film Festival
Established in 1981, the Hawai’i International Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of cultural exchange and media awareness in the Pacific Rim.
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Hawai’i International Film Festival Mini-Documentary
Released: 2009 Country: United States Director: Jay Hubert Language: English Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary 2010 marks the thirtieth year that the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) has been presenting the finest Asian and Pacific Island films to the people of Hawaii and beyond. HIFF’s purpose remains promoting cultural understanding between the East and West through the screening of the films made by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Up to 80,000 people attend the festival each year, making the [...]
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When Fear Reigned
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. 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 [...]
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Waikiki: Riding the Waves of Change
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2007 Country: United States Director: Caroline Yacoe, Eric Jordan Language: English Theme: History Genre: Documentary Summary Like hula, surfing was viewed as immoral by European missionaries to Hawai’i, so it had languished until the early twentieth century when the first tourist hotels appeared in Waikiki, and a small band of watermen began to [...]
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They Call Her Lady Fingers
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. 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 [...]
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Then There Were None
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. 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 [...]
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The Samoan Heart
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. 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 [...]
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The First Battle: The Battle for Equality in War-Time Hawaii
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. 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 [...]
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Strange Land – My Mother’s War Bride Story
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.
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Skin Stories
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2003 Country: United States Director: Emiko Omor Language: English Theme: Ethnicity &; Cultural Identity Genre: Documentary Summary “The marks we choose to wear are the clues to the mystery of ourselves…” Tracing back more than 2,000 years to the Pacific Islands, tattoo is an ancient art form that began as a rite of [...]
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Simple Courage – An Historical Portrait for the Age of AIDS
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. 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 [...]
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Exploring Islam In Malaysia
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. 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 [...]
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