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“Noho Hewa” wins Special Jury Award in Tahiti at 7th Annual FIFO!

On Friday, January 29, 2010, the jury for the Festival International du Film Documentaire Oceanien awarded “Noho Hewa” with a Prix Special Du Jury in Papeete, Tahiti.  By bringing “Noho Hewa” to the FIFO,  programmers allowed the film to reach its first international festival audience outside of Hawaii, with people from Tahiti and the rest of the Pacific, including Aotearoa, Papua New Guinea and Australia, as well as France and Canada.  It is a tremendous honor for the jury to award this film, and it was accepted on behalf of all Hawaiians who resist the destruction of Hawaii Nei. http://www.spasifikmag.com/2feb10hawaiifilmfestivalrecievesspecialjuryprizeattahitifilmfestival/

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“Noho Hewa” awarded Prix Special du Jury at FIFO!

Story about “Noho Hewa” and other films awarded at FIFO can be read at the following link:

http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/01/militant-film-on-occupation-of-hawaii-wins-special-festival-jury-prize/

FIFO winners, from left: Jean-Michel Corillon (director, Terre Natale); George Andrews (accepting award for Leanne Pooley, The Topp Twins); Anne Keala Kelly (director, Noho Hewa); Amiel Courtin-Wilson (director, Bastardy); Viri Taimana (jury member from Tahiti); Briar March (director, Te Henua E Noho)

Nancy Tait was at FIFO to represent a film about her kupuna, "Rain of the Children."

Polynesian Fine Art School students

Heider Tialatagi and James Ihopu, carvers from the Polynesian Fine Arts School. Heider carved the award I received and he is wearing a shirt that says, "HAWAII."

New York and Boston screenings between Dec 3 and Dec 10

Schedule of “Noho Hewa” screenings in New York City:

Thursday, Dec 3, 6pm
African Diaspora Film Festival
Riverside Theater at Riverside Church
91 Claremont Ave. @ 120th St.
tickets & info 212-864-1760 or www.nyadff.org

Tuesday, Dec 8, 6pm
NYU Tisch School of Arts
721 Broadway, Room 648
Seating is limited so RSVP at 212-992-9653 or email apa.rsvp@nyu.edu

Wednesday, Dec 9, 6:30 pm
The Brecht Forum
451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets)
tickets  & info 212-242-4201

Thursday Dec 10, 7pm
International Action Center
55 West 17th Street #5C (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
for info call 212-633-6646

There will be one screening in Boston

Monday, Dec 7, 4pm
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Science Center, 2nd Floor, Herbert Lipke Auditorium (0003A)

University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Ping-Ann Addo, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston

UMass graduate students, Sequoia Varona and Ashley Spinney

November/December events: The People Speak Radio, Maui, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island… New York!

RADIO INTERVIEW: Tuesday, Nov 3rd, 3pm (Hawaiʻi time),  Anne Keala Kelly will be interviewed by Basima Farhat on “The People Speak Radio,” streaming at www.thepeoplespeakradio.net.  This show is produced by Mike Kim and recent guests include Dahr Jamail, Russell Means, Howard Zinn and Betty Peltier to name just a few.  Mahalo nui to Mike and Basima for including the Hawaiian political and cultural issues “Noho Hewa” addresses on their show.  Tune in and kokua independent, political, and socially relevant radio!

MAUI: Thursday, Nov 5th, 6pm, Maui Community College, Ka Lama room 103, screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker; this event is being sponsored by Hoʻokahua Project, Koʻa and the Hawaiian Studies Dept.  DVDs will be available for purchase at this event and 10% of funds raised will go to the Hoʻokahua Project.

OʻAHU: Thursday, Nov 19th, 10am, Honolulu Community College, Bldg 2, room 201 (the Loui Room).  DVDs will be available for purchase at this event and there will be Q&A with the filmmaker.

Hui Oiwi- Honolulu Community College Hawaiian Club, made this beautiful, massive display to announce the screening.

Close-up of Hui Oiwi display.

HAWAIʻI ISLAND: Saturday, Nov 21st, UH Hilo in room UCB-100, there will be a screening at 2pm, followed by a discussion with students and community members from 3:30-4:30, with a second screening at 7pm, followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.  DVDs and t-shirts will be available for purchase at this event.

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, Monday Nov 30th, University of Michigan, 6pm, screening, Q&A and panel discussion with Associate Professor of Social Work,  Michael Spencer and Associate Professor and Director of Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program in Amerian Culture, Vincente M. Diaz.

NEW YORK CITY: Thursday, December 3rd, Riverside Theater, 6PM, 91 Claremont Avenue (120th Street and Claremont), “Noho Hewa” will be screened as part of the African Diaspora Film Festival (www.nyadff.org).  If you know any Kanaka Maoli in New York or people interested in the issues this film engages, please tell them about the festival. The Q&A (with filmmaker) afterward is guaranteed to be interesting!

NOHO HEWA in Albuquerque, Oct 15th, Tacoma, Oct 19th, Seattle

* Thursday, October 8th, Kaneohe Screening, 6:30 pm Windward Community College, Paliku Theater, Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club is sponsoring a screening followed by Q&A.  All are welcome! DVDs will be available at this event.

Monday, Oct 12th,  (Native American Studies Indigenous Research Group (NASIRG) at the University of New Mexico will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly known as Columbus Day, and as part of the celebration they will screen of “Noho Hewa,” followed by Q& A with the filmmaker at the Student Union Theater.

Thursday, Oct 15th, Pacific Lutheran University will show “Noho Hewa” at 6:30 PM in the Chris Knutzen Hall at the Student Union,  followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.

Monday, Oct 19th, the University of Washington will screen”Noho Hewa” at 6PM followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.

All screenings are FREE and open to the public.

NOHO HEWA T-shirts SOLD OUT!

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“Noho Hewa” in Aotearoa!

“Noho Hewa” will tour in New Zealand for two weeks as part of the Aotearoa Film Festival with screenings in Auckland, Rotorua and Porirua August 10 – 19!

UPDATE:

Mahalo nui loa to Merata Mita, Russell Harrison, Kate Cherrington, Kelly Martin and every single person at Te Wananga who made showing “Noho Hewa” in their country such a rewarding experience!  Aotearoa is gorgeous and so are our Maori cousins who, by the way, Iʻm pretty sure were born singing in 3-part harmony!

May update

The San Francisco Film Society is now the Non-Profit Fiscal Sponsor for “Noho Hewa.”  Mahalo to Michele Turnure-Salleo for her help in setting this up and to Kimberly Hancock for her encouragement.

On May 9th, “Noho Hewa” was screened at Kamehameha Schools Kapalama campus for students in the Scholar’s Program and their parents.  It was an honor to be able to show the film that day and talk-story with these families.  I believe that’s the best way to see the film, with ohana, so that there can be a lively kukakuka afterwards.  Mahalo nui to Jasmine Stein for arranging the screening and to everyone in the Scholar’s Program for doing such important work on behalf of Hawaiians.

March update

Mahalo nui to Clyde Namuo at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for some much needed support and to Bernadette and Chanetelle for taking care of the administrative process.

Aloha and mahalo to Kev and Ev at the Forward Foundation for facilitating the OHA grant.

Also, mahalo nui to Kimberly Hancock and her ohana for the kind support from Silicon Valley Community Foundation.  That fabulous grant was facilitated by the San Francisco Film Society.  Mahalo to Michele at SFFS.

Big Island Weekly 2/11/2009

‘Noho Newa’ viewing: Documentary follows Hawaiians’ plight

“Ethnic cleansing isn’t just something that they do physically to people, it’s something that happens in the mind.”

This was said by Haunani-Kay Trask in an onscreen interview in the documentary “Noho Hewa.” Haunani goes on to say that ethnic cleansing establishes within a people’s mind-set that “You have no place to live. You do not have a home, so you do not exist.” This manao (thought) is what Anne Keala Kelly is trying to capture in her first feature length documentary, “Noho Hewa.”

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