Reclaiming paradise : cinema and Hawaiian nationhood

Explores the persistence of romance in films that convey the reality (struggle for cultural autonomy, political sovereignty, and the reorganised place) of contemporary Hawaiʼi. Analyses films (both made by outsiders and insiders) in which reality is deeply embedded in a relationship to the past of intrusion, takeover, and ultimate control by the United States. Discusses the visual hegemony and the possibilities for creating a Native Hawaiian cinema in the face of funding constraints, the power of Hollywood, and the complexity of what nationhood can mean in an American state. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.