Hawaii Movies

HAWAIIANA examines the enduring legacy of Winona “Aunty Nona” Beamer, a venerated educator, storyteller, composer and hula expert who...

This film chronicles Waikiki's history from Polynesian mythology to the present day where it is one of the world's leading urban resorts.

A short documentary that talks about how ocean conservation managers from around the world come together to collaborate on ways to save our oceans....

A documentary surf film that celebrates women and their unique approach to surfing and life. Following in the footsteps of the groundbreaking 2009...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

We take you through the legacy of an island and show you why Hula is so much more than just a beautiful dance.

A family from California moves to Hawaii and meets Tutu. Tutu teaches them how to live in Hawaii.

Taro grower and Native Hawaiian practitioner Jerry Konanui works to propagate and save from extinction the numerous varieties of kalo (taro), a...

A short film about the love story between Charles Reed Bishop and Princess Pauahi (founders of Kamehameha Schools). This is based on a true story...

Lovely NHK TV show featuring friends Masami Nagasawa and Asami Mizukawa travelling by bicycle through Hawaii. Beautiful nature views of the island on...

Produced by the United States Geological Survey and the National Park Service during the 1959-1960 eruption of Kilauea. Narrated footage includes...

Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the largest active volcano on the planet. Its colossal mass could cause unsuspected dangers : its unstable flanks could...

Hawaii is a place of contrasts. Born of fire and water. Symbol of this is the Manau Kea, the highest mountain in the world, which rises in the sky of...

Witness the unique marine life at the depths of the Pacific Ocean, and journey to shores of the archipelago in this one-hour documentary, which...

Hawaii - an exotic tropical world far out in the Pacific, characterized by volcanoes that are still active and frightening to this day. Settled in...

Under a Jarvis Moon is a 2010 documentary film about the young men, mostly of Hawaiian origin, sent in the 1930s and 1940s to colonize the Line...

An animated short film about a pineapple playing a guitar.

Haloa (pronounced: Haa-lo-ah) tells the story of how the first Hawaiian came to be and how the Hawaiian peoples bond is forever linked to the Kalo...

For homeless people incapacitated by mental illness in Hawaii, years go by and nothing changes. They’re trapped. And their families struggle to...

The conflict on Mauna Kea is about to enter it’s fourth week with no end in sight. This special Hawaii News Now mini-documentary takes a look...