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BTS Sugarcane Train
Huge mahalo to Hawaiian Railway Society for hosting our Shaka film shoot this past Saturday at their train yard and museum in Ewa, and mahalo to KoHana Rum for providing sugarcane sticks. If you haven't been on a sugarcane train ride before, it's super fun and rich...
New Trailer: Now Including 30+ Interviews, a Hukilau, a Shaka Contest
A new trailer for "Shaka, A Story of Aloha" dropped onto YouTube today that includes scenes from all the epic shots of the film.We're excited and thankful that we've ben able to get this far during a shoot that ended up extending to a three year period due to the...
Remedy Spa Hawaii’s ShakaCon, A Contest to Wrap Principal Photography
Principal photography for Remedy Spa Hawaii's "Shaka, A Story of Aloha" wrapped with an epic Shaka Contest at Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) on October 19, 2022. 380 guests enjoyed a traditional luau dinner, entertainment by Shaka Music Director Henry Kapono and a...
HNL Media Follow Shaka Film Production
HNL News Crews, Eyes on Hawaii photo club and a number of print and digital outlets made the trek to La’ie on Friday and Saturday, August 19-20, 2022 to cover a Hukilau reenactment for "Shaka, A Story of Aloha" documentary. A Hukilau is an ancient Hawaiian communal...
La’ie Hukilau Filmed for “Shaka, A Story of Aloha”
Huge mahalo to the La’ie community for bringing back the grand Hukilau from days past. Over that past months, planning was undertaken by La’ie Community Association to do the event in all it's glory. The entire town came together with support by Polynesian Cultural...
Remedy Spa Hawaii Joins Shaka Ohana
We're excited to announce that Remedy Spa HI, Hawaii's newest high-end spa has joined the Shaka Film Ohana in a top sponsorship position. As a top sponsor, Remedy Spa HI will be the sole presenting sponsor of ShakaFest (tentatively slated for April 30, 2022 during...
Free Shaka Stickers ~ Sign Up at ShakaPledge.com
Get free shaka stickers by pledging to live the Shaka lifestyle at ShakaPledge.com. Join the ohana and free stickers will be sent to you. Stickers are waterproof, thus ideal for car and store windows, boards, water bottles and electronic devices. Shaka stickers...
Shaka Summit Goes Virtual
Due to the surge in COVID-19 Delta variant cases, we had to postpone the Shaka Summit after our inaugural in-person session in July on “Protecting Cultural Stories.” Eventually, we decided to pivot to a virtual format via Zoom for the remainder of the series. Two...
Shaka Film on “The Conversation” Hawaii Public Radio
huge mahalo to Catherine Cruz for having Steve Sue (me) on "The Conversation," Hawaii Public Radio to feature the Shaka film project. I was told we'd do a 10 minute interview but the end product was a full 28 minutes on the history and meaning of the Shaka gesture....
Protecting Hawaiian Cultural Stories
We successfully launched the Shaka Summit on July 27, 2021 with a session on “Protecting Cultural Stories.” This was the first pau hana event of our thought leader visioning series on how to leverage the Shaka gesture to make Hawaiʻi and the world beyond a better...
Shaka Summit Series Launches
As part of our outreach and our fundraising efforts, we are launching the Shaka Summit. This will be a thought leader visioning series on how to leverage the Shaka gesture to make Hawaiʻi and the world beyond a better place. The documentary's storyline and it’s...
Making the Trailer
In creating a fundraising trailer, we had to work with limited elements captured before main production. However, the story of the Shaka is so vast and layered, it was impossible to try and sum up the story in one short video. The challenge for our Director Alex...
Shaka Film is Part of a Movement to Activate Aloha