Hawaiian & Pacific Collections

A series of free events on the UH Manoa campus next week (4/18-20) will gather poets, filmmakers, musicians and playwrights. For more information click on the flyer at right, or visit the Pacific Literature at UHM Facebook page.

The Honolulu Museum of Arts' 'Oiwi Film Festival, which features work by indigenous Hawaiian filmmakers, is running from Nov. 10-14 at the Doris Duke Theatre. Click here for scheduling and ticket information .

The Center for Pacific Islands Studies'  Pacific Film Series continues today (November 1) at the UH-Manoa Art Auditorium with an excerpt preview of the new NOVA-National Geographic special  Mystery of Easter Island  featuring Professor Terry Hunt and Dr Carl Lipo. For more information, click on the flyer at right.

The below message has been circulated by the UH-M Center for Pacific Islands Studies. All events are free and open to the public.  Aloha kākou,  The Pacific Film Series continues this Thursday, 11 October, with  The Orator  (Sāmoa) 2011, cosponsored by the Pan Pacific Association. The film begins at 5pm in the Tokioka Room, Moore 319. We are grateful to the writer/director Tusi Tamasese for the opportunity to show this award-winning feature film.  About the film:  The Orator  ( O Le Tulafale ) is a contemporary drama about courage, forgiveness, and love. Small in stature and humble, Saili lives a simple life with his beloved wife and daughter in an isolated, traditional village in the islands of S ā moa.  Forced to protect his land and family, Saili must face his fears and seek the right to speak up for those he loves.  The Pacific Film Series continues on Thursday,  1 November, at 5:30pm  with an excerpt p...

The Doris Duke Theater at the Honolulu Museum of Art will be hosting a tattoo film festival from June 23 to July 6. In addition to a wide array of documentaries and feature films, the festival also includes two lectures on Polynesian tattooing by Tricia Allen. For more information, click here.   As an aside, for those with an interest in historic tattooing images, the Hawaiian & Pacific Collections are in the process of completing an online image collection that draws from our rare book holdings -- included are several images of tattoos from throughout Oceania. The image at right is one example; to view others, click here.

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the UH-Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies. For more information, see links at bottom, or click on the images at right. Aloha friends and colleagues,  Please join us for films and seminars during the final weeks of the semester:  Thursday 4/19  – Pacific Film Series presents   Shiro’s Head   (Guam) 2008 6:30 pm   Tokioka Room, Moore 319 cosponsored by the Pacific Islands Development Program and Pan Pacific Association  Tuesday 4/24 – Marata Tamaira, PhD candidate Australian National University (CPIS MA, 2009), “Visual Sovereignty and Indigenous Countervisuality: Picturing Contemporary Kanaka Maoli Art Practice in Hawai‘i”,   12:00 pm  John Burns Hall room 3121/3125, East-West Center cosponsored by the Pacific Islands Development Program  Wednesday 4/25 – Semir Al Wardi (University of French Polynesia), “Democracy in French Polynesia”  12:00 pm John Burns Ha...

The below message was circulated by the UH-M Center for Pacific Islands Studies:  Wa Kuk Wa Jimor-- Marshallese Canoes Today Q & A with filmmaker Rachel Miller Wednesday, 7 December 2011 Noon - 1:15 pm EWC Burns Hall, Room 3015/3019 The canoe tradition is one of the foundations of Marshallese culture. In the past it was the key to survival in the Marshall Islands, and it continues to embody many of the key values and practices of traditional Marshallese culture. Wa Kuk Wa Jimor-- Marshallese Canoes Today (55 min, 2011), by Rachel Miller, introduced the tradition of the Marshallese canoe--including the history, types, and technological innovations of the canoes--and the complex connection between the canoe and Marshallese culture. It looks at the state of the canoe tradition in three locations in the Marshalls and explores the future of the canoe tradition. Rachel Miller earned an MA in Pacific Islands studies from the UHM Center for Pacific Islands Studies. Prior to...

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the UH-Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies: Insular Empire Screening and Discussion The UH Marianas Club presents a screening of the groundbreaking PBS documentary, The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands . After the screening, a panel discussion will be held with Chamoru activists/scholars: Tressa Diaz, Angela Hoppe-Cruz, and Craig Santos Perez. When: Thursday, November 17 2011 4:30-5:00 Chanting and Introductions 5:00-6:00 Film Screening 6:00-7:00 Panel Discussion 7:00-8:00 Food & Drinks Where: Ala Wai Plaza Conference Room 500 University Ave #101, Honolulu, HI Refreshments will be provided Hosted & sponsored by the UH Marianas Club

Sun Come Up Below are listed some recently arrived films, all of which are available to UH-Manoa students, faculty and staff through the Wong Audio/Visual Center. To see the library cataloging record or request a film for viewing, click on the title. All films in the University Hawaii system can be found by searching the Voyager online catalog. The Center for Pacific Islands Studies also maintains a database that is specific to Oceania-related films—click here to visit the Moving Images of the Pacific Islands database. Chechemeni's Adventure (2006) - Documentary film of the voyage from Satawal to Okinawa made by Chechemeni, a Carolinian traditional canoe, and six courageous sailors in 1975. In Japanese with English subtitles.   Jaki Ed: Marshallese Clothing Mats (2010) - A short cultural history of finely woven and decorative clothing mats worn traditionally by men and women in the Marshall Islands. It details the mat weaving process and describes recent efforts in the ...