This subcollection contains the production materials and raw footage for Birthday Tūtū Ruth. Directed by Ann Marie Kirk Happy Birthday Tūtū Ruth is an account of Ruth Makaila Nakagawa Kaholoaʻa, a 90 year-old great-great-grandmother who continues to cultivate taro in Hawai'i. Some of her 13 children describe their parents and their upbringing. extent 40 Betacam SP video tapes
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Interview with Walter Ritte May 26, 1995 on subsistence living and hunter clashes with Nature Conservancy.
Hunt preparation on May 27, 1995. William "Yama" Kaholoaʻa, Tūtū Ruth's son, and others feed the dogs and prepare and load truck to hunt.
William "Yama" Kaholoaʻa, Tūtū Ruth's son, and friends drive to hunting grounds.
William "Yama" Kaholoaʻa, Tūtū Ruth's son, hunts for pig.
Hannah Springer interview May 30, 1995. Hannah discusses topics such as women in Hawaiian leadership roles, subsistence living, origin of Hawaiian...
Interview with Ruth Kaholoaʻa [Tūtū Ruth] recorded on May 24,1995 in her māla kalo, (dryland taro patch) in Hilo. Kaholoaʻa demonstrates how she...
Interview with Ruth Kaholoaʻa [Tūtū Ruth] recorded on May 24, 1995, in her māla kalo (dryland talo patch) in Hilo. Tūtū Ruth demonstrates working...
Ruth Kaholoaʻa (Tūtū Ruth) working in the māla kalo (dryland taro patch). Recorded on May 24, 1995. Tūtū Ruth collects lūʻau (taro leaves) and gets...
Interview with Ruth Kaholoaʻa recorded on May 24, 1995. Kaholoaʻa works around her house and then is interviewed on the drive to Waipiʻo. She...