Joan Lander

Most Popular Joan Lander Trailers

Total trailers found: 11

The Hawaiian Art of Healing Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

From the age of five, Henry Auwae learned the art of lāʻau lapaʻau (herbal medicine) from his grandmother, a woman whose knowledge extended back to nineteenth century Hawaiʻi.

Mākua Homecoming Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Kānaka Maoli (native Hawaiians) living at Mākua beach in 1983 take a stand to resist eviction by police and government agents.

Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware.

The Sand Island Story Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to resist eviction from the Honolulu shoreline - resulting in displacement, arrests, and the destruction of a community.

Kapu Aloha 101: Ke Kula o Maunakea Trailer (2015)

02 July 2015

Documenting the Kapu Aloha movement, as they take a stand to defend Mauna Kea in the wake of the Thirty Meter Telescope protests.

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege Trailer (2005)

31 December 2005

Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether its summit should be used for astronomical observatories or preserved as a cultural landscape sacred to the Hawaiian people.

Pele's Appeal Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

In the swirling volcanic steam and misty rain forest of Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone on the island of Hawai’i, two forces meet head on.

Na Wai E Ho'ōla I Nā Iwi - Who Will Save the Bones? Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

From an ancient burial site at Honokahua, Maui, to the streets of Honolulu, the issue of protecting ancestral remains from development is brought passionately to the public’s attention by Hawaiian descendants.

Malama Haloa - Protecting the Taro Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Taro grower and Native Hawaiian practitioner Jerry Konanui works to propagate and save from extinction the numerous varieties of kalo (taro), a staple of the Hawaiian diet.

Ahupua‘a, Fishponds and Lo‘i Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea.

A Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Recorded in 1983 during a ten-day gathering in Vanuatu, a newly independent island nation in the south Pacific that had recently declared itself a nuclear-free zone, this program takes a look at the Pacific-wide movement towards independence and de-nuclearization.