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Hawaiian Legacy Foundation: Eddie & Myrna Kamae

Hawaiian Legacy Foundation : Eddie & Myrna Kamae edited masters

This subcollection contains edited masters for 10 documentary films produced and directed by Eddie and Myrna Kamae. Films include: Liʻa: The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man, Listen to the Forest, Kī Hōʻalu Slack Key: The Hawaiian Way, Words Earth & Aloha: The Source of Hawaiian Music, Luther Kahekili Makekau: A One Kine Hawaiian Man, Hawaiian Voices: Bridging Past to Present, The History of the Sons of Hawaiʻi, Lahaina: Waves of Change, Those Who Came Before: The Musical Journey of Eddie Kamae, and Keepers of the Flame: The Cultural Legacy of Three Hawaiian Women. To learn more about Eddie Kamae and the music from the documentaries, visit eddiekamaesongbook.org.

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Liʻa : The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man

Premiered in 1988, this documentary by Eddie & Myrna Kamae celebrates the music and spirit of revered Big Island performer and composer Sam Liʻa...

Year:: 1998
Duration:: 01:00:58

Listen to the Forest

Premiered in 1991, Listen to the Forest is an environmental documentary by Eddie & Myrna Kamae that speaks to the widespread concern for rainforest...

Year:: 1998
Duration:: 00:56:17

Kī Hōʻalu Slack Key : The Hawaiian Way

Kī hōʻalu (slack key) is the Hawaiian way of making music. Performers and composers reveal how this unique style of playing conveys something...

Year:: 1998
Duration:: 01:01:41

Words Earth & Aloha : The Source of Hawaiian Music

In Hawaiʻi, music has always been much more than a form of entertainment. Through the centuries it has been a primary means of cultural continuity....

Year:: 2008
Duration:: 00:58:19

Luther Makekau : One Kine Hawaiian Man

Premiered in 1997, this documentary by Eddie & Myrna Kamae gives voice to the untamed spirit of a colorful and controversial Hawaiian man. Known...

Duration:: 00:58:30

Hawaiian Voices : Bridging Past to Present

This documentary by Eddie & Myrna Kamae honors the role of kūpuna (elders) in preserving Hawaiian culture. Premiered in 1998, it focuses on the...

Year:: 1998
Duration:: 00:58:48

The History of the Sons of Hawaiʻi

Some of the leading voices of the Hawaiian cultural renaissance, which began in the early 1960s, were musicians and singers. Their songs carried...

Year:: 2000
Duration:: 01:21:39

Lahaina : Waves of Change

Lāhainā, Maui is a place rich in historical and cultural tradition. Once the home of Hawaiian royalty, the first capital of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi...

Year:: 2007
Duration:: 00:57:27

Those Who Came Before : The Musical Journey of Eddie Kamae

Premiered in 2009, this documentary by Eddie & Myrna Kamae pays tribute to three remarkable teachers that have guided Eddie Kamae: the great author...

Year:: 2011
Duration:: 00:57:05

Keepers of the Flame : The Cultural Legacy of Three Hawaiian Women

Premiered in 2005, this documentary by Eddie & Myrna Kamae tells the story of three extraordinary Hawaiian women who helped revive Hawaiian culture...

Year:: 2005
Duration:: 00:56:09

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