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Mele Murals

Mele Murals

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 6, 2016

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Mele Murals

Production Companies

ʻŌiwi TV, PIC

Director

Tadashi Nakamura

Description

Mele Murals is a documentary on the transformative power of modern graffiti art and ancient Hawaiian culture for a new generation of Native Hawaiians. At the center of the story are two renowned street artists - Estria Miyashiro (aka Estria) and John Hina (aka Prime) - a group of Native Hawaiian youth, and the rural community of Waimea. Set against the resurgence of Hawaiian language and culture of the past twenty years, Estria and Prime tell how their street art has taken them on personal journeys to discover their history, identity and responsibilities as Hawaiian people.