Kapaemahu (film)

Kapaemahu
Directed by
  • Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
  • Dean Hamer
  • Joe Wilson
  • Daniel Sousa (Animation Director)
Produced by
  • Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
  • Dean Hamer
  • Joe Wilson
Music by
  • Dan Golden
  • Kaumakaiwa Kanakole (Chant)
Animation byDaniel Sousa
Production
companies
  • Kanaka Pakipika
  • Pacific Islanders in Communications
Release date
  • April 18, 2020 (2020-04-18)
Running time
8 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageHawaiian (Niʻihau dialect)

Kapaemahu is a 2020 animated short film produced and directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson with director of the animation Daniel Sousa. It is based on the long-hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach placed there as a tribute to four legendary mahu who first brought the healing arts to Hawaii.[1] The film is narrated in Olelo Niihau, the only unbroken form of the Hawaiian language. Kapaemahu premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, was screened in over 160 film festivals and 200 theaters worldwide, won multiple Oscar-qualifying jury awards, and was shortlisted for Best Animated Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards®.[2]

  1. ^ Ka Wai Ola (30 March 2020). "Kapaemahu: A Lost Story Found".
  2. ^ "93rd Oscars Shortlists Announced". 9 February 2021.