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Our Story
Our award-winning made in Hawai'i indie movie, The Wind & The Reckoning, was filmed on an off the grid ranch on Hawai’i island on a shoestring budget by a 100% Hawai’i crew and with a Hawai’i cast speaking in the original Native Hawaiian dialect. This beautiful film has won numerous awards in mainstream film festivals, demonstrating that the themes of the movie resonate with audiences way beyond the shores of Hawai’i. The true story of Ko'olau, as shared by his wife, Pi'ilani, is a tale that needs to be shared with the world.
Now that the film is having a very successful response in theatres throughout the Hawaiian islands, it's time to take it to cities beyond our shores.
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We need to share this story with our own Hawaiian community on the continent.
With numerous requests from Hawaiian communities throughout the USA, and countries including New Zealand and Japan, we want to bring the entire cultural experience of this film to cinemas in those areas.
As of 2022, there are more Native Hawaiians, aka "kanaka maoli," living outside of Hawai'i than on their island home. Also, there are countless people who were born and raised in the islands of a variety of ethnicities, called "kama'aina," who want to live and raise their families as they had the privilege of doing so. With soaring costs of living in Hawai'i a majority of the kanaka maoli and the kama'aina have been forced to move to the continent and to be separated from the very ohana they are providing for. Hear their heart cry Hawai'i. If we can't just yet bring them back to their island home let's bring some of Hawai'i to them. Help us bring "The Wind & the Reckoning" and the Native Hawaiian delegation to Hawai'i communities living on the continent. Help us honor and bless our ohana who are living so far away from us.
There is a name that the people of Hawai'i will never forget - Ko'olau - the one who stands against the wind. Join the movement of Ko'olau and Pi'ilani...
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Taking this film beyond Hawai’i is our mission.
Releasing in cities on the continent will not only prove that there is a wider audience for this film, but it is an important movement of expressing Hawaiian culture, language, and storytelling for generations to come. Together we can prove that an inspiring film about the Hawaiian people, in their native language, can find an audience outside of Hawai'i. And when we succeed, we can serve as a sign of hope for other Hawaiian filmmakers who also want to tell their own stories and spread the true spirit of aloha.
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