Noho Hewa is a brilliant, incisive, and complex expose of colonialism (American and other) and its devastating effects on Kanaka Maoli, the indigenous people of Hawaii, and their land. Albert Wendt, author, poet, scholar and painter

In the Hawaiian language, hewa means “wrong” and noho means “to occupy”. This documentary is a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics and resistance in the face of their systematic erasure under U.S. laws, economy, militarism, and real estate speculation.

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This documentary is a comtemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics and resistance in the face of their systematic erasure under U.S. laws, economy, militarism, and real state speculation. It is a...

Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occu pation of Hawai'i, supports Trask's assertion. If "the best art is political," Noho Hewa exemplifies how the best forms of political resistance can be unquestionably artistic and irrevoca bly beautiful at the same time. This makes the independently funded Noho Hewa—recipient of the Hawai'i Inter

The award-winning film Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai’i is a good place to start. This independent documentary provides a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics and resistance to their systematic erasure.

In the Hawaiian language, hewa means “wrong” and noho means “to occupy”. This documentary is a contemporary look at Hawaiian people, politics and resistance in the face of their systematic...

The experience of watching—and teaching—filmmaker and journalist Anne Keala Kelly’s documentary, Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai‘i, supports Trask’s assertion. If “the best art is political,” Noho Hewa exemplifies how the best forms of political resistance can be unquestionably artistic and irrevocably beautiful at the ...

Hawaiian filmmaker, Anne Keala Kelly's Noho Hewa (Noho means "to occupy" and Hewa means "wrong") was named best documentary at the Hawaii International Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival.

“Noho Hewa” takes a contemporary look at the cost of the U.S. takeover of Hawai'i in a raw portrayal of Hawaiian resistance to the departure from the ancestral, cultural and physical presence in their homeland.