The Journal of Pacific History 

Published online: 24 Oct 2017

Review of Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai‘i

By Tina Ngata

At a time of growing tensions around the Pacific, the world nervously eyes both the United States and North Korea, and every move being made by either side draws a sharp, collective breath. With military strikes threatened against the US military base established on Guåhan, it seems that the Pacific basin is indeed poised to be the playground within which these global tensions play themselves out. For those of us living within or coming from the Pacific, this situation is as terrifying as it is infuriating, for it is precisely this targeting of our islands that underpins many of our calls to demilitarize the Pacific. With this backdrop in mind, it has never been more important or timelier to consider the potent messages within Anne Keala Kelly’s documentary Noho Hewa.

Noho Hewa provides a vital Indigenous lens on militarization in the Pacific. Although the film’s initial […]