This animated documentary details the creation of the KoAloha ‘Ukulele Company and chronicles the life events of Alvin Okami, an O‘ahu based entertainer turned inventor. Directed by Gary San Angel and animated by Rocky Kev, the film was winner of the Golden Kahuna Award at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival. A Q&A session with the director will follow the screening.

Produced by Bishop Museum, this documentary tells the true story of over 130 young men, mostly native Hawaiian students from Kamehameha Schools, who were sent by the U.S. government to occupy the remote Pacific islands of Howland, Baker and Jarvis from 1935 to 1942. Under A Jarvis Moon shares many of these stories in the colonists’ own words, using interviews, photographs, log book entries and government documents. A Q&A session with directors and producers, Noelle Kahanu and Heather Giugni, and special guest George Kahanu, one of the last remaining colonists, will follow the screening.

Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai‘i profiles the language of Hawai‘i’s working people in its rise from plantation jargon to a source of island identity, pride and controversy. Born on sugar plantations and spoken by more than half of Hawai‘i’s population, Pidgin captures the heart and soul of multi-ethnic Hawai‘i. The documentary asks, "Once again under attack by educators and bloggers, will Pidgin survive?" A Q&A session with producer and director, Marlene Booth, and Tommy Young, brother of producer Kanalu Young, will follow the screening. They will be joined by ‘Āina Paikai, who will share his short films, Pidginology and Moke Action.