Art-House America: Doris Duke Theatre

For our latest installment of ART-HOUSE AMERICA on the Criterion Channel, get to know the Doris Duke Theatre, located in the heart of Honolulu, Hawaii at @honolulumuseum, and then enjoy a program of innovative Hawaiian films that offer a journey to parts of the archipelago that tourists rarely see. From programmer Taylour Chang: “Tourism and Hollywood have shaped the perception of Hawai‘i as a paradise destination since the early twentieth century. A rising tide of Native Hawaiian and Hawai‘i-based filmmakers challenge those colonial stereotypes and present a worldview of Hawai‘i that is rooted in the land and its people. This slate is a snapshot of a genealogy of filmmakers who express Hawai‘i’s spirit and resilience. Pioneers like Victoria Keith (THE SAND ISLAND STORY) and Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (MAUNA KEA: TEMPLE UNDER SIEGE) captured an awakening of Native Hawaiian political consciousness and set a foundation for current generations—from Ty Sanga (STONES), who inspired a wave of Native Hawaiian filmmakers to embrace narrative fiction, to talents like Ciara Lacy (OUT OF STATE). These storytellers, among many others, provoke an innovative understanding of a Hawai‘i-specific visual language.”