Interview with worker
Retired mill operator talks about emigrating to Hawaiʻi and his thoughts on the future of Kāʻū now that the plantation is closing.
- Duration:
- 00:05:00
Interview with John Verbiske Jr.
Interview with John Verbiske Jr., welder at the mill.
- Duration:
- 00:29:16
Sugar mill camp and Pāhala town
Shots of sugar mill camp, Pāhala town, and Japanese shrine.
- Duration:
- 00:04:35
Interview with Hajime Ueda, Kenneth Ito, and Masayuki Kai
Interview with Hajime Ueda, Kenneth Ito, and Masayuki Kai about growing up and working on the planation.
- Duration:
- 00:57:06
Interview with Joseph G. Pedro
Interview with Joseph G. Pedro, field supervisor at the plantation.
- Duration:
- 00:15:00
Interview with Iwao Yonemitsu
Interview with Iwao Yonemitsu, retired crop superintendent.
- Duration:
- 00:31:04
Last day at the sugar mill in Kaʻu #3
Last day at the sugar mill in Kaʻū includes footage of raking and hauling cane, burning cane fields, and processing at the mill.
- Duration:
- 00:10:19
Interview with Jesus Aderinto
Interview with Jesus Aderinto, rake man at the plantation.
- Duration:
- 00:02:30
Last haul
Last sugarcane haul from plantation to mill. Includes drivers' decorating trucks and driving through Pāhala town for one last time.
- Duration:
- 00:41:04
Jan Pai interview
Interview with Janette Pai, also known as Jan. Jan discusses various topics such as working as a juice processor and truck driver to being a woman...
- Duration:
- 01:01:55
Sugar plantation after closing
Footage of sugar planation and mill after closing. Includes b-roll of the mountains.
- Duration:
- 00:04:24