Kaʻu Sugar : A Town Remembers
Photographer Cliff Watson wants to show the transition of the sugar culture that has dominated the isolated community of Pāhala on the Big Island...
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- 00:29:29
Last day at the sugar mill in Kāʻū #1
Last day at the sugar mill in Kāʻu includes footage of raking and hauling cane, burning cane fields, and processing at the mill.
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- 00:46:57
Pau hana at the Kāʻū sugar mill
Workers barbeque and play cards in the lunch room after the last day of work.
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- 00:10:00
Building in Pāhala
The filmmaker Cliff Watson and photographer Franco Salmoiraghi take pictures of abandoned building in Kāʻū.
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- 00:09:00
Japanese cemetery
Photographer Franco Salmoiraghi takes pictures of Japanese cemetery in Pāhala.
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- 00:10:51
Last day at the sugar mill in Kāʻū #2
Last day at the sugar mill in Kāʻu includes footage of raking and hauling cane, burning cane fields, and processing at the mill.
- Duration:
- 00:55:43
Last day at the sugar mill in Kāʻū #3
Last day at the sugar mill in Kāʻu includes footage of raking and hauling cane, burning cane fields, and processing at the mill.
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- 00:31:01
Closing down sugar mill in Kāʻū
Last day at the sugar mill workers prepare for closing by shutting down machines and placing caution tape around some parts of the mill.
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- 00:25:00
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.
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- 00:05:00
Naʻalehu shopping center and theatre
Naʻalehu shopping center and historic theatre. Includes the sign "Naalehu Southernmost Community IN THE USA.", Punaluʻu Bakeshop and Visitor...
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- 00:03:00
Mill camp life
Man living in the old mill camp reflects on life growing up on the plantation.
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- 00:03:50
