This subcollection contains production material related to the documentary film, "Kaʻu Sugar: a Town Remembers" produced and directed by Cliff Watson for KHET-TV (PBS Hawaii) in 1996; photography by Cliff Watson. Extent: 34 videotapes, 3 floppy discs, 1 box of documents.
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"In the meantime the people of Pāhala must find solutions for the present. Some former sugar workers are trying their hand at farming small plots...
Interview with James Martinson who grew up in Pāhala. The interview covers such topics as interactions with haole, going to Japan as an army...
Footage of sugar overgrown on the field. Also includes footage of Franco Salmoiraghi taking pictures.
Footage of shopping center in Pāhala. Includes footage of bank, post office, parking lot, and shoppers.
Footage Convenience store in a Pāhala shopping center. Footage includes shoppers, advertisements, a group men talking story outside, and community...
Footage of James Martinson walking through a Pāhala shopping center. Enters the store L & G's Laundry & Things to buy a cup of coffee; joins group...
