Maka Maoli – Storytelling On A Screen Beyond Stereotypes: Lisette Flanary at #TEDxManoa

by DND | Oct 27, 2012 | ʻŌiwi TV

An independent filmmaker and a hula dancer, Lisette creates documentary films that celebrate a modern renaissance of the hula and Hawaiian culture. She is the writer, producer and director of Lehua Films and her award-winning document- taries, “AMERICAN ALOHA:...

ʻŌiwi TV – The Future of Television: Nā’ālehu Anthony at #TEDxManoa

by DND | Oct 27, 2012 | ʻŌiwi TV

Naalehu Anthony is a native of Kaʻaʻawa and the owner of Palikū Documentary Films, a production company that concentrates on documentaries and oral histories with a special focus on Hawaiʻi and it’s people. He has a background in both the film industry and the...

Hawaiʻi’s Legacy of Literacy: Puakea Nogelmeier at #TEDxManoa @UHManoaNews

by DND | Oct 27, 2012 | Education, ʻŌiwi TV

Puakea Nogelmeier is a Professor of Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, where he has taught for 28 years. His BAs in Hawaiian language and Anthropology, his MA in Pacific Islands Studies and PhD in Anthropology were all completed at UH, while beyond...

Balancing Cultural Consciousness and Robust Retail with Kamaʻāina Focus: Manu Boyd at #TEDxManoa

by DND | Oct 27, 2012 | ʻŌiwi TV

Manu Boyd serves as cultural director at Royal Hawaiian Center at Helumoa, a Kamehameha Schools property that generates revenues to support education. A graduate of Kamehameha and UH Mānoa’s Kamakakū-okalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Manu’s career...

Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke – Thinking Before and Knowing Beyond: Aaron Salā at #TEDxManoa

by DND | Oct 27, 2012 | ʻŌiwi TV

Accomplished as a vocalist, pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and music scholar, Aaron J. Salā is the consummate musician. In addition to his collaborations with a tremendous range of artists from Hawai’i including such superstars as Natalie Ai...