oiwi film festival - Hula Preservation Society

HonoluluAcademyofArts
m a y j u n e 10
DORIS DUKE THEATRE
‘OIWI
FILM
FESTIVAL:
FROM THEIR
OWN EYES
FILMS DIRECTED AND
PRODUCED BY INDIGENOUS
HAWAIIAN FILMMAKERS
May 1-26
RAINBOW FILM FESTIVAL: [May 27-30]
Best contemporary gay and lesbian cinema
CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL: [June 1-30]
Top new films from China and Hong Kong
LES PEETZ: [June 12]
The jazz pianist returns with an all-new show
Artwork by Carl Pao, Makawalu: Eight Eyes
‘ÖIWI FILM FESTIVAL
May 1-26
In the first film festival of its kind at the Doris Duke Theatre, ‘Öiwi filmmakers—indigenous
Hawaiian filmmakers—tell their stories in their own voices and through their own eyes.
Mahalo nui loa to Prince David Kahalepouli Kawananakoa, Watters and Christy Martin,
Michael and Linda Horikawa, and the Dolores Furtado Martin Foundation.
The beginning
Ka Maka Mua
OPENING NIGHT
Those who lead us in Hawai‘i
Nä Alaka‘i o Hawai‘i nei
Total length: 90 mins.
Total length: 65 mins.
May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Opening Night Reception: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
May 2, 4 & 5 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Desoto Brown, Hawaiian scholar, archivist, and Collections Manager
at the Bishop Museum, will give a short introduction about the history
of Hawaiian filmmaking; Kumu Kaleo Paik will give a blessing;
Queenie Ventura Dowsett will dance hula; live Hawaiian music will
be performed by Pa‘ahana, and Hawaiian food, wine and beer
will be served. All tickets for opening night are $25. Tickets may be
purchased online at www.honoluluacademy.org
E OLA I KEIA PO
Director: ‘Äina Paikai
2009, 9 mins.
In Hawaiian with English subtitles
KE KAUA ‘ANA
Directors: 2005 Kamehameha Film Class
2005, 3 mins.
Ke Kaua ‘Ana depicts a Hawaiian warrior
and his son being summoned to battle. By
remaining steadfast in the face of adversity,
the matriarch conveys her knowledge of
her family’s duty to their community and
the gods.
KEKOHI
Directors: Kaniela Joy, Ed Joy, Quddus Ajimine
2008, 30 mins.
Miki‘ala feels suffocated by his Hawaiian
culture and language. He wants to be more
like everyone else, more American.
A short film about the son of a warrior-king
selected to be the royal court’s message
runner during the early- to mid-17th century.
In the eyes of a young man who sees himself
as the best warrior in the province, he feels
insulted by the appointment. He soon learns
the dangers, the prestige, and the accolades
of being a royal messenger.
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
QUEENIE: The Spirit of a Dancer
Director: Maile Loo
2010, 10 mins.
Legendary hula dancer Queenie Ventura
Dowsett shares her thoughts on the essence
of hula. Queenie speaks about how her
kumu, which includes ‘Iolani Luahine,
passed on the knowledge of what a dancer,
and a dancer's spirit, possesses.
King Kamehameha: A Legacy Renewed
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
MALAMA HALOA–
PROTECTING THE TARO
KING KAMEHAMEHA:
A LEGACY RENEWED
Directors: Puhipau, Joan Lander of Na Maka
O Ka Aina
2010, 39 mins.
Director: Tuti Baker
2002, 27 mins.
Taro grower Jerry Konanui works to propagate
and save from extinction the numerous
varieties of Hawaiian taro, a plant that is
honored as the elder sibling of the first people
of Hawai‘i. His mission is also to protect
taro, considered a perfect food, from the
risks of genetic engineering. Jerry shares a
lifetime of knowledge on identifying taro
varieties, cultivation and preparing poi.
This film follows the journey of a worldly
art conservator into the heart of North Kohala,
a rural community at the end of the road on
the northern tip of Hawai‘i Island. The art
conservator works with community members
to conserve a 100-year-old painted bronze
sculpture. This is a portrait of the vibrant
people of Kohala and the art conservator
whose life was profoundly changed by Kohala,
its people, and the sculpture they hold dear.
Kekohi
KING KAMEHAMEHA:
A LEGACY RENEWED
Director: Tuti Baker
2002, 27 mins.
(See The beginning–Ka Maka Mua)
Caring for our land
Ka Mälama ‘Ana I Ka ‘Äina
Total length: 55 mins.
May 6, 7 & 9 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
Ikaika SUP 10 cont.
Talk Story Panel cont.
paddleboard) to pipeline. Well-known
surfer and lifeguard Brian Keaulana writes,
“Ikaika exemplifies every meaning of the
word ‘waterman.’ No one piece of equipment
defines who he is—it’s just a tool or extension
of what he does.”
will share their thoughts on topics ranging
from the importance of indigenous Hawaiians
having control of the stories that are told of
their culture, to the issues of creating business
for the production of films by ‘Öiwi filmmakers.
MALAMA HALOA–
PROTECTING THE TARO
Directors: Puhipau, Joan Lander of Na Maka O Ka Aina
2010, 39 mins.
(See The beginning–Ka Maka Mua)
Sovereignty
Ka Ea Hawai’i
Total length: 110 mins.
HANAPËPË, KAUA‘I
SALT-MAKING LEGEND
AND TRADITIONS
May 14 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m.
May 15 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
May 16 at 1 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Directors: Haunani Azeka Seward and James B. Lucas
2008, 15 mins.
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
Kauai Salt-Making Legend and Traditions begins
with the mo‘olelo of Pele teaching Kala how
to harvest salt to preserve her catch of fish.
The film goes on to document the process of
salt-making today. The students and teachers
of Ke Kula Ni‘ihau O Kekaha Public Charter
School in Kekaha, Kaua‘i, were in front of
and behind the camera for this narrative/
documentary film.
Hawaiians’ relationship to the sea
Ka pilina o ka po’e Hawai’i
i ke kai
Total length: 60 mins.
RELEASE OUR WATER
Director: Kelly Pauole
2010, 30 mins.
For the last 100 years, billions of gallons of
water have been diverted from East Maui
Stream to Upcountry and Central Maui.
More than half the population of East Maui
is indigenous Hawaiian. Release our Water
interviews people from the community about
the water issue. The film reveals that the
displacement of East Maui’s native peoples,
the loss of their culture, and an overall decline
in the health of the land and its people can be
directly related to the water diversion.
May 11-13 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
NOHO HEWA: THE WRONGFUL
OCCUPATION OF HAWAI’I
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
Director: Anne Keala Kelly
2008, 80 mins.
Director: ‘Äina Paikai
2009, 6 mins.
In Pidgin with English subtitles
In Hawaiian,“hewa”means “wrong”and “noho”
means “to occupy.” Noho Hewa: The Wrongful
Occupation of Hawai‘i is a contemporary look
at indigenous Hawaiian people, politics and
resistance in the face of their systematic erasure
under U.S. laws, economy, militarism, and
real estate speculation. The film is told from
the perspective of Hawaiians who make critical
links between these seemingly unrelated
industries, and who clarify the legal and
political relevance of the Hawaiian sovereignty
struggle in the context of indigenous rights
and the U.S. occupation of Hawai’i.
MOKE ACTION
Two guys like scrap ‘cuz one broken slippah,
but squash it ‘cuz they get scoldings from aunty.
KAILIKOA: AN OLYMPIC JOURNEY
Producer: Dawn Kaniaupio
2008, 29 mins.
This documentary follows Hawai‘i Island’s
Daniel Kailikoa Coakley on his journey to
compete in the Beijing Olympics as part of
the Philippines team.
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
IKAIKA SUP 10
The Talk Story panel is also an opportunity
for the community to engage in a question
and answer session with the filmmakers in
the ‘Öiwi Film Festival.
The filmmakers chosen for the panel will be
announced at www.honoluluacademy.org
Short Stories
Nä Mo‘olelo Pökole
Total length: 85 mins.
May 18-20 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m, 7:30 p.m.
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
MAUNALUA
Director: Lehman Henry
1959, 12 mins.
One of the first films known to be directed
and produced by a Hawaiian, Maunalua is a
snapshot in time. The film is a vintage look at
the area’s Kuapa fishpond, the community,
and ocean before Henry Kaiser turned it into
Hawai‘i Kai.
Maunalua
KEKOHI
Directors: Kaniela Joy, Ed Joy, Quddus Ajimine
2008, 30 mins.
(See Those who lead us in Hawai‘i - Nä Alaka‘i
o Hawai‘i nei)
STONES
Director: Ty Sanga
2009, 20 mins.
‘ÖIWI FILMMAKERS
TALK STORY PANEL
Director: Jason Lau
2010, 24 mins.
May 16 at 4 p.m.
Hawaiian surfers Ikaika Kalama and
Kainoa McGee say, “was SUP” (stand up
The ‘Öiwi Filmmakers Talk Story panel will
bring together diverse ‘Öiwi filmmakers who
Nihipali and Na‘iwi struggle to accept
newcomers to the island. Ripe with grief from
the loss of her son, Nihipali is caught between
her desire to befriend a young girl from the
village and her husband’s insistence that
they maintain their separation.
Short Stories cont.
THE LAVENDER QUEEN
RAROTONGAN BUTTERFLY
Director: Tony Silva and James Roache
2009, 10 mins.
In this hilarious short comedy, Mary and
Mary hunt for the elusive lavender queen
Rarotongan butterfly in the forest of Hawai‘i.
E OLA I KEIA PO
Director: ‘Äina Paikai
2009, 9 mins.
In Hawaiian with English subtitles
Honoring our ancestors
Ka ho‘ohanohano ‘ana i ko
käkou mau küpuna
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
TUTU RUTH
Director: Ann Marie Kirk
Producer: Carlyn Tani
1996, 29 mins.
This is the story of 90year-old Ruth Makaila
Kaholoa‘a, a force of
nature from Waipio
Valley on Hawai‘i
island. This film
vividly captures the
spirit and strength
of this beautiful
Hawaiian woman.
Total length: 80 mins.
May 21 & 22 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Director: Maile Loo
2010, 10 mins.
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
HOMEALANI
Director: Ann Marie Kirk
2010, 60 mins.
(See The beginning–Ka Maka Mua)
KEAO
Director: Emily Kaliko Spenser
2008, 10 mins.
Ancient and modern rituals of Hawaiian
culture are challenged when a young woman
reflects on their purpose in this piece about
the misappropriation of tradition.
June 1-30
May 23, 25 & 26 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Hula, Dance of Hawai‘i
Nä Hula O Hawai‘i
QUEENIE: The Spirit of a Dancer
CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL
Total length: 90 mins.
(See The beginning–Ka Maka Mua)
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
3rd ANNUAL
Top New Films From
China and Hong Kong
In celebration of China, the Doris Duke
Theatre brings you four exciting Hong Kong
thrillers and two highly acclaimed Chinese
films, as well as an illustrated lecture on the
Silk Road.
Live Chinese music will be performed and
delicious Chinese food will be available for
purchase from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Special thanks to Doug Ing, and the Hawaii
Chinese Civic Association for supporting
this film festival.
Homealani is the story
of Oliver Homealani
Kupau, the grandfather
of the filmmaker Ann
Marie Kirk. Born the
year her grandfather
died, the filmmaker
takes us on a journey
of discovering who he
was as an indigenous
Hawaiian man and
everyone whose life he has touched, and the
legacy he left for them.
Connected
CONNECTED
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
21st ANNUAL
Keao
RAINBOW FILM FESTIVAL
Director: Benny Chan
Hong Kong/China, 2008, 110 mins.
In Mandarin with English subtitles
May 27-30
June 1-4 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
KEEPERS OF THE FLAME
Director: Eddie Kamae
2005, 60 mins.
Eddie Kamae chronicles the lives of three
indigenous Hawaiian women Mary Kawena
Pukui, ‘Iolani Luahine, and Edith Kanaka’ole
who helped save a culture and language
that was in peril. The stories of these women
are told through candid, heartfelt interviews
with people who were influenced by them.
The Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation
presents the 21st annual Rainbow Film Festival
in memory of Adam Baran. The festival holds its
Gayla gala event May 30 6-10 p.m. in the
Academy Art Center at Linekona garden.
For the full schedule, visit www.hglcf.org or
call 381-1952.
From director Benny Chan (Invisible Target,
Who Am I) comes this thrill-a-minute Hong
Kong remake of the 2004 Hollywood action
film Cellular! When single mother Grace (Barbie
Hsu) is kidnapped by a group of mysterious,
ruthless killers, her only hope of rescue is Bob
(Louis Koo from The Storm Riders), a complete
stranger who she reaches on the phone by
chance. Filled with Chan’s trademark highoctane car chases and choreography, Connected
is a non-stop action spectacle.
ASSEMBLY
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Hong Kong/China, 2007, 124 mins.
In Mandarin with English subtitles
June 15,16 & 18 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
June 17 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m.
BEAST STALKER
Beast Stalker
Director: Dante Lam
Hong Kong/China, 2008, 109 mins.
In Cantonese with English subtitles
June 5 at 1 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
(opening night reception 6 p.m.)
June 6, 8, & 9 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Director Dante Lam (Beast Cops, Option Zero,
Hit Team) is in top form with this raw, nail-biting,
intense action thriller with an emotionally
powerful performance by Nicholas Tse as Tong.
A take-no-prisoners sergeant, Tong accidentally
kills a girl in his relentless pursuit of an armed
robber. When the “Beast Stalker” is hired to
kidnap the twin sister of the dead girl, Tong vows
to protect her at all costs. With spectacular action
scenes choreographed by legendary Hong Kong
stuntman Bruce Law, this fast-paced film is
riveting from beginning to end.
THE EQUATION OF LOVE
AND DEATH
Acclaimed Mainland Chinese director Feng
Xiaogang (the New York Times calls him “the
only formidable force making domestically
popular Chinese films”) brings the little known
Chinese Civil War to light with this powerful,
unflinching film based on a true story. Captain
Gu of the Communist Chinese Army’s Ninth
Company must prevent a mineral mine from
surrendering to the approaching Nationalist
KMT army. As Gu and his soldiers wait for
their army’s bugle call, he must decide whether
to retreat or fight to the last man. His decision
and its consequences will haunt him for the rest
of his life. Praised by critics worldwide as
China’s answer to Spielberg’s Saving Private
Ryan, the film’s battle sequences are equally
visceral and riveting. Assembly is a moving tale
of honor, heroism, and sacrifice.
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
Director: Cao Baoping
Hong Kong/China, 2008, 96 mins.
In Mandarin with English subtitles
June 10, 11 & 13 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Zhou Xun (All About
Women, Perhaps Love,
Painted Skin) gives
a tour-de-force
performance as Li Mi
in this suspenseful
drama that earned
her the Best Actress
award at the 2009
Asian Film Awards.
The Equation of Love and Death Li Mi, a neurotic but
feisty cab driver, is
searching in vain for her missing fiancé. When
she has a run-in with two passengers, who turn
out to be violent criminals, it triggers a series
of unexpected events that hold the key to
uncovering the secrets behind her beloved’s
disappearance. With noir-like choreography
and captivating characters, Zhou’s performance
is mesmerizing in this arresting film about
life’s unpredictability.
➥
PULL OUT SECTION
Last Train Home
THE STORY OF A CLOSESTOOL
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
Director: Xu Buming
China, 2008, 91 mins.
June 25-27, 29 & 30 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
This charming portrait of rural life set in
southern China takes place after the fall of
Maoism. Mu Xiaodan, a dreamy young woman,
is trapped in the confines of a traditional family.
Her primary responsibility is to empty her little
brother’s chamber pot. While at a party, she is
thunderstruck when she discovers a washroom
with a modern western-style toilet. Her family
then takes the astonishing step to construct a
separate, up-to-date washroom that becomes
Xiaodan’s dream space. Xiaodan’s egalitarian
neighbors are stunned by her family’s new
purchase and chaos ensues. This wild and
original work must be seen to be believed.
Special thanks to the Far East Film Festival.
[lecture]
Assembly
LAST TRAIN HOME
Silk Roads: Chinese and Islamic
Cultural Relations
Director: Lixin Fan
China, 2010, 90 mins.
In Mandarin and Sichuan dialect with English subtitles
An illustrated lecture by Dr. Morris Rossabi
• June 17 at 7:30 p.m.
• $5; $3 Academy members; students free with ID
June 19 & 20, 22-24 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
The Silk Road, an incurably romantic subject, bound
the Islamic world and China from the 7th to the 15th
centuries. This illustrated lecture examines the artistic,
scientific, and cultural contacts between East and
West Asia, highlighting colorful Chinese, Arab, and
Persian historical figures. Morris Rossabi, a historian
of China and Central Asia, teaches courses in Inner
Asian and East Asian history at Columbia University.
He is the author of several books and most recently
published Modern Mongolia: From Khans to
Commissars to Capitalists (University of California
Press, 2005). He has organized exhibitions at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum
of Art, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Rossabi’s lecture is presented in conjunction with the
East West Center’s summer teacher institute The Silk
Roads: Early Globalization and Chinese Cultural Identity
and is co-sponsored by Shangri La, the Doris Duke
Foundation for Islamic Art.
Each year in China more than 130 million
migrant workers travel home for the New
Year’s holiday—the one time they reunite with
family all year. The mass exodus is the world’s
largest human migration. Director Lixin Fan
focuses on one couple, Changhua and Sugin
Zhang, who embark upon a two-day journey
to see their now teenage children. The Zhangs
left their rural village for factory jobs, leaving
their infant children with their grandmother.
To overwhelming effect, Fan illustrates the cost
incurred by fractured families and reveals a
country tragically caught between its industrial
future and rural past. The New York Times’
Manohla Dargis calls the film “a beautifully shot,
haunting and haunted large-scale portrait.”
Winner of the Best Documentary award at
this year’s International Documentary Film
Festival—From the Sundance Film Festival
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The beginning –
KA MAKA MUA
(see film listing)
reception at 6:00 p.m.
film at 7:30 p.m.
2
Those who lead
us-in Hawai‘i –
NA ALAKA‘I O
HAWAI‘I NEI
3
CLOSED
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
9
Caring for
our land –
KA MALAMA
‘ANA I KA ‘AINA
10
CONCERT:
Chamber Music Hawaii:
The Tresemble
7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
16
17
FILMMAKERS
TALK STORY
4 p.m.
CLOSED
Sovereignty –
KA EA HAWAI‘I
6
7
Those who lead
us-in Hawai‘i –
NA ALAKA‘I O
HAWAI‘I NEI
4
Those who lead
us-in Hawai‘i –
NA ALAKA‘I O
HAWAI‘I NEI
5
Caring for
our land –
KA MALAMA
‘ANA I KA ‘AINA
Caring for
our land –
KA MALAMA
‘ANA I KA ‘AINA
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
8
THEATER CLOSED
FOR
STARLIGHT BALL
11
12
13
14
15
Hawaiians’
relationship to
the sea –
KA PILINA O KA
PO‘E HAWAI‘I
I KE KAI
Hawaiians’
relationship to
the sea –
KA PILINA O KA
PO‘E HAWAI‘I
I KE KAI
Hawaiians’
relationship to
the sea –
KA PILINA O KA
PO‘E HAWAI‘I
I KE KAI
Sovereignty –
KA EA HAWAI‘I
Sovereignty –
KA EA HAWAI‘I
(see film listing)
1, 4 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
18
19
reception at 6 p.m.
film at 7:30p.m.
20
Short
- stories –
NA
- MO‘OLELO
POKOLE
Short
- stories –
NA
- MO‘OLELO
POKOLE
Short
- stories –
NA
- MO‘OLELO
POKOLE
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
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22
Hula, dance
of -Hawai‘i –
NA HULA O
HAWAI‘I
Hula, dance
of -Hawai‘i –
NA HULA O
HAWAI‘I
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
23
Honoring our
ancestors – KA
HO‘OHANOHANO
‘ANA I KO KAKOU MAU
KUPUNA(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
30
21ST ANNUAL
RAINBOW FILM
FESTIVAL (see listing at
hglcf.org)
FESTIVAL GAYLA
24
CLOSED
31
25
26
Honoring our
ancestors – KA
HO‘OHANOHANO
‘ANA I KO
- KAKOU
MAU KUPUNA
Honoring our
ancestors – KA
HO‘OHANOHANO
‘ANA I KO
- KAKOU
MAU KUPUNA
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
(see film listing)
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
27
28
29
21ST ANNUAL
RAINBOW FILM
FESTIVAL
21ST ANNUAL
RAINBOW FILM
FESTIVAL
21ST ANNUAL
RAINBOW FILM
FESTIVAL
(see listing at hglcf.org)
(see listing at hglcf.org)
(see listing at hglcf.org)
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TH
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3
4
CONNECTED
CONNECTED
CONNECTED
BEAST STALKER
Dir: Benny Chan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Benny Chan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Benny Chan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Benny Chan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Dante Lam
reception at 6 p.m.
films at 1 p.m.,7:30 p.m.
8
9
10
11
BEAST STALKER
BEAST STALKER
Dir: Dante Lam
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Dante Lam
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Dante Lam
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
THE EQUATION
OF LOVE
AND DEATH
THE EQUATION
OF LOVE
AND DEATH
7
Dir: Cao Baoping
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Cao Baoping
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
CLOSED
13
Dir: Cao Baoping
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
5
CONNECTED
BEAST STALKER
14
THE EQUATION
OF LOVE
AND DEATH
S
15
16
17
18
ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
Dir: Xiaogang Feng
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Xiaogang Feng
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Xiaogang Feng
1, 4 p.m.
Dir: Xiaogang Feng
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
CLOSED
12
CONCERT:
Les Peetz: With and
Without Strings
7:30 p.m.
19
LAST TRAIN
HOME
Dir: Lixin Fan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
LECTURE:
Silk Roads: Chinese
and Islamic Cultural
Relations
7:30 p.m.
20
21
LAST TRAIN
HOME
Dir: Lixin Fan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
CLOSED
27
28
THE STORY OF
A CLOSESTOOL
Dir: Xu Buming
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
CLOSED
25
26
LAST TRAIN
HOME
22
LAST TRAIN
HOME
23
LAST TRAIN
HOME
THE STORY OF
A CLOSESTOOL
THE STORY OF
A CLOSESTOOL
Dir: Lixin Fan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Lixin Fan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Lixin Fan
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Xu Buming
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Xu Buming
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
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30
THE STORY OF
A CLOSESTOOL
THE STORY OF
A CLOSESTOOL
Dir: Xu Buming
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Dir: Xu Buming
1, 4, 7:30 p.m.
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FOR THE LOVE OF MOVIES:
THE STORY OF AMERICAN
FILM CRITICISM
Directors: Gerald Peary and Amy Geller
USA, 2009, 80 mins.
• May 14, 7:30 p.m.
Friends of Film Friday 2010 presented by
Speaker: Filmmakers Gerald Peary
and Amy Geller
• 6pm pre-screening reception
includes a complimentary glass of
wine. Food will be available for purchase from Da Spot. Ticket prices are $15
general public; $12 museum members; $8 for students with ID.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.honoluluacademy.org
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism is the first documentary to dramatize the rich
saga of American movie reviewing. Directed by Boston Phoenix critic Gerald Peary, For the Love of Movies
offers an insider’s view of the critics’ profession, with commentary from such lauded reviewers as Roger
Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), A.O. Scott (New York Times), Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly), and
Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times). We also hear from young, articulate, internet voices, including Harry
Knowles (aintitcool.com) and Karina Longworth (spout.com). Their stories are entertaining, humorous, and
personal. Those who hear them may gain new respect for the profession of film criticism. From the raw
beginnings of criticism before The Birth of a Nation to the incendiary Pauline Kael-Andrew Sarris debates
of the 1960s and 70s to the battle today between youthful onliners and the print establishment, this
documentary tells all. With narration by Patricia Clarkson.
[concerts + performances]
Chamber Music Hawaii:
The Tresemble
• May 10 at 7:30 p.m.
• $25; $20 Academy members; students free with ID
All of the ensembles of Chamber Music Hawaii
come together for this exciting season finale.
The program: Ravel: Songs of Madagascar;
Debussy: Sonata No. 2; Mahler: Ruckert Lieder
4 songs; and Saint-Saëns: Invisible Flute with
Vicky Gorman, soprano.
ABC Stores of Hawaii presents
Les Peetz: With and Without Strings
• June 12 at 7:30 p.m.
• All seats $20
No other local jazz artist has so consistently filled our
seats to capacity over the years as has pianist Les “too
tall” Peetz. This year his amazing mix of musicians and
artists tops that of his previous shows. The ensemble
will swing with the master on a program that includes
standards, classics, and hits from the American
Songbag. Appearing along with The Usual Gang of
Suspects: A chamber ensemble and spoken-word
artist Jeff Gere is joined by Rachel Gonzales reciting
excerpts from William Blake and T.S. Eliot.
[artwork on cover]
Makawalu Artist statement by Carl F.K. Pao
When asked to create a work of art to capture the essence of a filmmaker, I went to the place of a storyteller,
who must be conscious of so many different elements and variables. I understood this ability to be
Makawalu. Filmmakers must not only tell a story, they must also be able to tell it in a way that will take the
viewer/participant to that “place,” to transport them to the space of the filmmaker’s vision.
As an artist of Aboriginal Hawaiian ancestry, I wanted to visually express the ability to see beyond
oneself, and to have the awareness of all things—physical and spiritual—around oneself. Makawalu, which
literally translates to “eight eyes,” is a term sometimes given to individuals who possess this ability. The abstract
black and white shapes represent the eight eyes. I work with colors and compositions that address the concept
of “pono” or the “balance” that one strives for in life. The same can be said of a filmmaker, who must be
“pono” with him or herself, and those with whom he or she works, in order for the “mo‘olelo”“ or “story”
to be told. Being in a place of “pono” allows for organizational magic to occur in the filmmaking process.
The faded, almost ghost-like image beneath the maka is my watermark. This “space” is the “wa”—where
art or magic occurs; it is a place between reality and the imaginable; the physical and the spiritual; the seen
and unseen. The unseen component is the artist’s “mana” or “mauli” with which the work is imbued and
transferred to the viewer/participant. This unseen component is just as important, or in some instances,
more important than the seen component.
Makawalu was commissioned by the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N
PRICES
$5 museum members
$3 children 12 and under
$7 students, seniors, military
$8 non-museum members
The Doris Duke Theatre opens its doors on Kinau Street
one half hour before each showing.
TICKETS for films may be purchased at the theater door
on the day of screening, beginning one half hour before
each showing. Tickets for concerts are on sale at the
museum’s visitor center Tuesdays to Sundays 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. OR they may be purchased by mail.
Send order accompanied by a check and self-addressed
stamped envelope to:
Honolulu Academy of Arts Box Office
900 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96814.
Tickets for films and concerts can be purchased
online at www.tix.com
PARKING for weekday matinee screenings, theater
patrons may use the Academy Art Center parking lot for
$3 for every four hours with validation at the theater; for
evening and weekend screenings, parking is FREE at the
Academy’s 1035 Kinau Street lot; handicapped parking
is available in the Luce Pavilion lot on Victoria Street;
patrons using handicapped stalls should proceed to the
main entrance on Kinau Street.
The Doris Duke Theatre is equipped with the Easy Listener
Hearing Assistance System for our patrons who have
trouble hearing due to hearing loss, seat location,
acoustics or audience noise. Please pick up a receiver at
the ticket counter.
For a listing of films and concerts, please call
808-532-8768
If you have any questions about the films, please call
Gina Caruso, Curator of Film/ Director, Doris Duke Theatre,
at 808-532-3033
If you have any questions about the concerts or
performances, please call Steve Mobley, Theatre Manager/
Concert Programmer, at 808-532-8765