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RELEASE DATE: MARCH 16, 2010

Award-winning documentarian and musician Eddie Kamae brings you another powerful story of Hawai`i.

Eddie Kamae is a native Hawaiian singer, `ukulele virtuoso, composer and co-founder of the legendary Sons of Hawai`i music group.  In 1986, he launched The Hawaiian Legacy Series in the belief that Hawaiian voices, language, music and cultural wisdom, preserved on film, would be an enriching experience for everyone. 

This award-winning, one-hour documentary pays tribute to the untamed spirit of a colorful and controversial Hawaiian man.  Known throughout the islands and descended from a line of warrior chiefs, Luther Makekau was part philospher and part outlaw, a chanter and a singer, a fighter and a lover, a cattle rustler, a rebel and a poet. 

Born on Maui in 1890, during the reign of King Kala-kaua, he lived nearly a hundred years, shaped by a century of turbulent cultural change.

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This is one of the most extensive productions ever made about the Hawaiian Islands. Shot and mastered in beautiful high-definition and now available on Blu-Ray, this is the ultimate Hawaiian Islands travel guide, gift and souvenir item. Learn More

Kili welcomes you to Hawaii, her beautiful homeland, to learn Cardio Hula. This program is an exciting part of her popular Island Girl dance fitness series. Hula is a graceful Hawaiian tradition that uses hip movements, footwork, and hand motions to speed up your metabolism and target tone your entire body. Learn More

Robert and Roland Cazimero are  1.) brothers, 2.) a musical act, and 3.) two very different individuals. The combination of the three has created one of the most dynamic, successful, and beloved groups in the history of Hawaiian music.  The Brothers Cazimero: At Home In The Islands is the first documentary to explore all three of these aspects, and more.  From their childhood days growing up with a musical family in Kalihi; to their years with the groundbreaking Sunday Manoa; to the birth and evolution of The Brothers Cazimero; to Robert and Roland’s individual influences and personalities, this definitive television biography is an intricate and entertaining portrait of a musical phenomenon that is 35 years old and still going strong. Learn More

Waves of Change will change the way that you think of Lahaina and see Lahaina forever. Whether you are a visitor to the islands or home grown....you will be captivated and enriched by this film. Lahaina will be forever more than one of the most beautiful and exotic places on earth, but one that spiritually connects the Hawaiian people from ancient times to present day.

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This award winning one-hour documentary by celebrated filmmakers Eddie and Myrna Kamae, pays tribute to the role of the Kupuna (elders) in preserving Hawaiian culture. It focuses on the legacies of three respected Hawaiian elders whose lives bridged the transition from older times into the late 20th century. They are Ruth Makaila Kaholoa‘a, age 93, of the Big Island; Lilia Wahinemaika‘i Hale, age 85 of O‘ahu and Molokai; and Reverend David “Kawika” Ka‘alakea, age 78, of Maui. Learn More

This dynamic tour through Kauai features spectacular aerials and point of view visuals, and narrative comments from featured experts. Learn More

The DVD provides a dynamic overview of the island's rich culture and history. The stunning visuals and commentary featured throughout the DVD wonderfully capture the Spirit of Hawai`i Learn More

Listen To The Forest, an environmental documentary by award-winning musician and filmmaker Eddie Kamae, speaks to the widespread concern for rainforest preservation. It is about the Hawaiian Islands, and also about a Hawaiian way of feeling. A film for all ages, Listen To The Forest emphasizes the powerful connection between a unique natural history and Hawaii’s rich cultural life.

Combining interviews, traditional chants, and original songs and dances, this film from the beloved Hawaiian Legacy Series, gives voice to an older form of ecological wisdom summed up in the phrase ma-lama ‘a-ina – to take care of the earth – which is both our physical home and a source of spiritual nourishment. Learn More

This dynamic tour through the islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai features spectacular aerials and point of view visuals, and narrative comments from featured experts. Learn More

Raiatea Helm, Hawai‘i’s only Two-Time Hawai‘i Female Vocalist of the Year, Twice Grammy® Nominated, and Seven-Time Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winner, delivers a stunning performance of traditional and contemporary Hawaiian songs in her DVD debut Raiatea Live!  Filmed at the historic Hawai‘i Theatre Center on her 25th Birthday, Raiatea Live! captures all of the excitement, beauty, and charisma of Hawai‘i’s premiere female vocalist.

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In Hawai`œi music has always been much more than a form of entertainment. It has been a key to Hawaiian culture. This one-hour documentary explores the sources of a complex tradition, from early chants and the 19th century gospel influences, to the work of composers who flourished between the 1870s and the 1920s, for whom Hawaiian was still a first language.

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Those Who Came Before tells the story of a young Hawaiian `ukulele virtuoso’s journey of musical self-discovery and how it turned into a 50-year pursuit of Hawaiian cultural and musical traditions.

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This 80 minute feature length documentary, the seventh in the Kamaes' award-winning Hawaiian Legacy Series, tells the story of a charismatic band. Spanning forty years of Hawai'i's rich musical tradition, the film offers an intimate look at a unique group of performers and composers: their songs, their humor, their devotions to a sound that continues to convey something essential about the Hawaiian spirit. Master of Hawaiian Chant, Ka'upena Wong stated, "Brother Eddie and The Sons were pioneers in the revival of Hawaiian music. . . their sound had that sincere folk quality to it, it made everyone stand up and take notice."

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Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole has been Hawai‘i's biggest star in the past fifty years. His music, his physical size and most importantly, his aura; a proud Hawaiian man, full of love and life, permeated the Hawai‘i of the '90's to such a degree that when he died, the State Capitol had to be opened to allow his people to expess the extent of their loss.

The performances captured on Island Music, Island Hearts give everyone an opportunity to bask in the immense presence of IZ. Share previous moments with IZ as he joins friends at Waioli Tea House in Manoa Valley, performs with just his “ukulele on beautiful Waimanalo Beach and in a concert among the pohaku at the historic Miloli‘i fishing village on the island of Hawai‘i.

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Sam Li‘a was a Hawaiian song composer who spent his life in the remote valley of Waipi‘o on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. There he perpetuated the tradition of celebrating the beauty of one’s place and memorializing the events of its people. Among the musicians inspired by Sam Li‘a is Eddie Kamae, a major force in the revival of Hawaiian music. In this film, he translates his gratitude and love for Li‘a into a visual song, in which music, place and people find their original harmony.
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This dynamic tour through the island of Oahu features spectacular aerials and point of view visuals, and narrative comments from featured experts. Learn More

This film is a moving journey into the beauty and meaning of Hawaiian slack key music. Award-winning director Eddie Kamae’s rare combination of master musician and cinematic storyteller is the key to showing how Hawaii’s cultural traditions and the k ho-‘alu guitar intertwine – and opening the door to a greater love of that music. 

Candid interviews and archival images combine with the music of many virtuoso performers, from legendary Fred Punahou and Gabby Pahinui to Raymond Kane and today’s Ledward Kaapana, to tell the slack key story from the 1830s to the present.  It shows you how this music perpetuates family tradition as songs, techniques and special string tunings are passed from one generation to the next.

All the main islands are visited, including seldom seen Ni‘ihau, as Eddie Kamae explores this most Hawaiian music and its links with the people and places that have nourished it.

 

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