These days, people around the world are discovering a wealth of Hawaiian culture online, from ‘ukulele tutorials to newspapers from the 19th century. A music endeavor, Project Kuleana, has attracted hundreds of thousands of views, highlighting a Hawaiian perspective in contemporary media. HPR’sNoeTanigawa reports on their latest release.
At last count on the Project Kuleana youtube channel, Kaulana Na Pua had received 380 thousand views and All Hawai‘i Stand Together, 175 thousand views. The videos feature Hawai'i's most famous singers as well as many family music makers. Amazingly, all recordings were done live with no overdubs, a credit to audio engineer Dave Tucciarone. ProjectKuleana2 videos, “Ka Na’i Au Puni” (traditional) and “Where Are the Brothers” by Ernelle Downs, can be viewed on the ‘?iwi TV website.
There have been over 600,000 visits and views on Oceanic channel 326, where ‘?iwi TV has been offering video content on demand for about seven years. ‘?iwi's brand of storytelling from a Hawaiian perspective is also available on the web at ‘?iwiTV.
Project Kuleana's Kaulana Na Pua by Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast
Project Kuleana's All Hawai‘i Stand Together by Liko Martin
Find out more about Na Loea: The Masters, an ‘?iwi TV production, which will air on PBS on May 16.
