by Steve | Aug 26, 2022 | Backstory, News
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...
by Steve | Aug 21, 2022 | Backstory, News
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...
by Steve | Sep 9, 2021 | Backstory, Factoids, News, Press Releases
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...
by Minette Lew-McCabe | Jul 18, 2021 | Backstory, News
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...
by Steve | Jul 18, 2021 | Backstory, News
“Shaka, The Power of Aloha” high school curriculum was produced and implemented at the Youth Services Center at Dole Cannery over the past four months. Three curriculum sets were commissioned by Hawaii’s Workforce Development Council and implemented...
by Steve | May 10, 2021 | Backstory, News
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...