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Brothers Under the Skin productions materials

This subcollection contains production materials from the documentary Brothers Under the Skin. Brothers Under the Skin is a look at the beginning of the modern labor era in Hawaiʻi. It also documents the longshoremen and women who organized the Hilo waterfront during the 1930s featuring actual film of the Hilo Massacre where peaceful demonstrators were gassed, hosed, then shot by police on August 1, 1938.

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  • Documentary

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Brothers Under the Skin

Brothers Under the Skin

CLEAR presents the documentary Brothers Under the Skin produced in 1986 for the Rice and Roses series; produced by Chris Conybeare in association...

Duration:
00:29:18
Interview with Joe Kaheʻe and William Calles tape 1

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe and William Calles tape 1

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe and William Calles about longshoring. Topics include Harry Kamoku's work being overshadowed by Jack Hall, recalling the...

Duration:
00:19:02
Interview with Joe Kaheʻe and William Calles tape 2

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe and William Calles tape 2

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe and William Calles about longshoring. Topics include William Calles starting out as a water boy, working conditions at...

Duration:
00:18:49
Interview with Joe Kaheʻe tape 1 and shots of the Hilo pier 8/5/86

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe tape 1 and shots of the Hilo...

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe about longshoring recorded on August 5, 1986. Topics include witnessing a fatal accident in the hatch, sticking up for...

Year:
1986
Duration:
19:11:00
Interview with Joe Kaheʻe tape 2 8/5/86

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe tape 2 8/5/86

Interview with Joe Kaheʻe recorded on August 5, 1986. Topics include wanting the same pay as workers on the west coast and creating solidarity...

Year:
1986
Duration:
00:05:29
Interview with Takeo Aono

Interview with Takeo Aono

Interview with Takeo Aono. Topics include working for Ford Motor Company, remembering Bloody Monday and being shot, and his current job of selling...

Duration:
00:06:15
B-roll footage of sugar carrier

B-roll footage of sugar carrier

This video contains b-roll footage of a sugar carrier pulling into the port.

Duration:
00:09:00
B-roll of sugar carrier docked 8/86

B-roll of sugar carrier docked 8/86

This video contains b-roll footage of bulk sugar carrier HSTC-1 being docked and moored.

Duration:
10:02:00
Interview with Joe Rocha tape 1 8/86

Interview with Joe Rocha tape 1 8/86

Interview with Joe Rocha recorded in August 1986. Topics include working as a clerk alongside longshoremen, the strength of the longshoremen, and...

Duration:
00:09:05
Bulk sugar carrier

Bulk sugar carrier

This video includes footage of bulk sugar carrier HSTC-1. Scenes include the carrier and a tugboat, the crew on board, and bringing the ship in to...

Duration:
00:20:18
Interview with Dr. William "Bill" Puette tape 1 circa 1986

Interview with Dr. William "Bill" Puette tape 1 circa...

Interview with Dr. William "Bill" Puette circa 1986. Topics include the reasons for the Hilo Massacre, the Inter-Island Shipping Company's desire...

Duration:
00:20:15
Interview with Dr. William "Bill" Puette tape 2 circa 1986

Interview with Dr. William "Bill" Puette tape 2 circa...

Interview with Dr. William "Bill" Puette circa 1986. Topics include how the 1949 Dock Strike brought together different ethnicities, the different...

Duration:
00:19:14
Interview with Ah Quon McElrath 8/7/86

Interview with Ah Quon McElrath 8/7/86

Interview with Ah Quon McElrath about the role of women in labor organizing at the beginning of the ILWU in Hawaiʻi. Recorded on August 7, 1986....

Year:
1986
Duration:
00:16:36
Interview with Joe Rocha tape 2 8/86

Interview with Joe Rocha tape 2 8/86

Interview with Joe Rocha about the events of the Bloody Monday/Hilo Massacre recorded in August 1986. Topics include investigating police...

Duration:
00:17:01
Interview with Paul Tallet tape 1 8/5/86

Interview with Paul Tallet tape 1 8/5/86

Interview with Paul Tallet. Topics include his start in longshoring, the working conditions of stevedores and clerks, the dangers of the work, and...

Year:
1986
Duration:
00:18:50
Interview with Paul Tallet tape 2 8/5/86

Interview with Paul Tallet tape 2 8/5/86

Interview with Paul Tallet recorded on August 5, 1986. Topics include the citizenship of longshoremen and joining the unions, influence of the...

Year:
1986
Duration:
00:21:41