Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 4, 1 April 2005 — HE AHA KOU MANAʻO? [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HE AHA KOU MANAʻO?

What did you think ofEdgy Lee's new fūm, The Hawaiians - Reflecting Spirit?

I thought the film was very inspirational; it really touched the spirit. In many ways, I felt my grandparents and other ancestors speaking through the film, and I thought it offered a lot of hope. — Sen. J. Kalani English, Hāna

I thought it really made the point that we are not westerners although we live in a western world, and that how we are today is because of what happened in the past. I think it's wonderful if this message ean go out to the mainland and throughout the world so that people in other places ean better understand the Hawaiian people. — LaVerne lsabelo, Hale'iwa

lt offered a powerful perspective on the Hawaiian experience, and it touched wonderfully on the basic elements of our history and culture. I hope it ean help promote a better understanding of the Hawaiian people, both the challenges and the opportunities that we face. — Jan Dill, Nu'uanu

lt was so beautiful and moving, so true to our history - what our people did then and what they're doing now. Hopefully it ean help bring about improvements for Hawaiians in our political status, our social conditions and the practice of our customs. — Leiana Woodside, Waimānalo

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