‘Noho Hewa’ puts in context the struggle of modern Hawaiians
Noho Hewa opens with this excerpt from the poem “Hawaii” by activist Haunani-Kay Trask:
“… Haole plover / plundering the archipelago of our world, / And we, gorging ourselves / on lost shells / blowing a tourist conch / into the wounds / of catastrophe.”
The poem is a most fitting summary of the film (an uncompleted version was viewed for this review), which explicitly illustrates that the phenomenon of colonialism extends beyond the physical occupation of the land or replacement of the culture.
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