Longing for Hawaiʻi

In the face of colonial erasure, one ‘ohana’s journey into the past reveals a hidden history about the Lost Kingdom of Hawai‘i and its forgotten heroes.

Festivals & Screenings:

Hawaiʻi International Film Festival, 2020 (Made in Hawaiʻi Shorts Program, Pacific Showcase Shorts Program)

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, September 2021

Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, November 2021

Yonkers YoFi Film Festival, 2020

Bucks Fever FilmFest, Best College Documentary Award, 2020

Hālāwai NYC, Mauli Ola Virtual Cinema Screening and Q&A, 2021

Guest lecturer on Hawaiian history for college course at SLC

XFinity OnDemand Local Philly, May 2021

Viewer's Choice Award, Presented by Comcast On Demand and Bucks County Fever Film Fest, 2021

Living on the mainland, the filmmaker’s family wrestles with the pain of diaspora and longs to reconnect with their culture.

Reckoning with their hapa identities, they discover their ancestor was a trusted advisor to Queen Lili‘uokalani and native patriot who led the fight against annexation.

This film tells a personal and national story about pride, resilience, a voice from the past that demands to be heard and the awakening of a new historical narrative.

Longing for Hawaiʻi

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