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Shaka Tea Sponsors Shaka Movie
Our Shaka ohana grew this week with the addition of the Shaka Tea group. Shaka Tea comes in with a huge dose of aloha, a good amount of cash and bottle service at Shaka movie events including at the ID8 Studios Grand Opening on May 6, 2021 where Shaka, the Power of...
How to Name a Hawaiian Culture Film
When naming films, buildings and products with Hawaiian names, there's a fine line between celebrating a cultural story and appropriating the culture's heritage. With naming of the Shaka film, we've been keenly aware of the subject, so assembled a wide array of...
Shaka Curriculum in Development
As a 30-minute educational documentary, "Shaka, the Power of Aloha" is intended as an inspiration piece to open minds and raise spirits. A 90-minute version many follow in the near future as the storyline and content captured are certainly rich enough to power a full...
Bizgenics Seeks Art Submissions & Cameo Groups for Shaka Documentary
HONOLULU, HI - Bizgenics, a Hawaiʻi-based 501(C)(3) education nonprofit is in production of a new crowdsourced education documentary titled “Shaka, the Power of Aloha.” This true story chronicles how one man’s handicap became the global symbol of fearless living,...
Henry Kapono Joins Shaka Production
We're honored to welcome Henry Kapono to the Shaka Film production team as music producer. We've previously worked with Henry and wife Lezlee (the business brains behind the Kapono Inc and Kapono Foundation), so we know we're in good hands with these two producing...
Exec Producer, Bryan Spicer Shakes the Shaka
Shaka, the Power of Mana welcomes Co-Executive Producer Bryan Spicer and Hawaii Sight & Sound Productions to the production team. Bryan's role as co-Exec Producer is to ensure that the film is smartly produced and has top quality entertainment value. Over the past...
Cy Bridges Crushes Interview
We were honored to interview Uncle Cy Bridges this week. In true Shaka form, upon being asked to be interviewed, Uncle Cy exhibited great humility, noting that there were other more important people who could give a better story. We of course knew otherwise. And...
Shaka the Movie Shoots Resume
Shaka, the Power of Aloha is back in production after a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19. This past Thursday 2.25.21 saw photography resuming in all-day interviews Kupuna on Aunty Kela Miller's family Kuleana Lands in La’ie. Kuleana lands are family homesteads granted...
COVID-19 HIATUS
We started "Shaka, the Power of Aloha" back in May 2019, when the Bizgenics crew was invited by the Kupuna of Laʻie to record oral history from those who learned lessons of life from Hamana Kalili, the original Shaka Man. When the pandemic first hit, all film...
Mahalo Kamehameha Schools!
Huge Mahalo to Kamehameha Schools, specifically Lauren Nahme, Kumu Manu Boyd, Kumu Robert "Lono" Ikuwa and Hailama Farden for seeing the potential of Shaka, the Power of Aloha. To date, KS has contributed a monetary gift equal to 20% of the minimum production budget,...
The Origin of the Shaka
Shaka, the Power of Aloha began its quest in La’ie, on the island of Oahu, Hawai’i. If you ever wonder if the story of Hamana Kalili is real, check out the Polynesian Cultural Center in La’ie. At the entry gate stands an 8'+ statue of Tutu Hamana. There's also a...
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SHAKA FILM IS PART OF A MOVEMENT
