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Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe
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Moananuiākea: One Ocean, One People, One Canoe

2018-11-18 · 148 min · ★ 9.2

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From 2019 Maui Film Festival This powerful documentary celebrates the historic Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage that connected countless individuals and communities from around the globe. A voyage that also represented the fulfillment of the vision of Nainoa Thompson and his contemporaries, the passing of the mantle to the next generation of kanaka maoli who will retain the skills of their ancestors and perpetuate this tradition for generations to come so the legacy of Hokulea can last for 1,000 generations.

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Nāʻālehu Anthony
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Kalepa BaybayanSelf
Bruce BlankenfeldSelf
Jenna IshiiSelf
Lehua KamaluSelf
Haunani KaneSelf
Ka'iulani MurphySelf
Billy RichardsSelf
Nainoa ThompsonSelf
Kaleo WongSelf

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