| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (58 min.)) : sound, color |
| Contents |
What's Pidgin? -- Who speaks Pidgin? -- Waiʻanae High School students -- No talk Pidgin -- Anti-Pidgin editorials and blogs -- Da Pidgin Guerrilla -- English standard schools -- Teresa Lau's story -- Pidgin excludes/Waiʻanae High school students -- Kanalu's story -- Punahou school -- Laug family party/Lee Tonouchi's book launch -- Talk story conference/Pidgin to da max -- Lee's wedding -- Translating Bible into Pidgin -- Shave ice |
| Summary |
What if you are made to feel ashamed when you speak your "mother tongue" or ridiculed because of your accent? "Pidgin: the Voice of Hawai'i" addresses these questions through its lively examination of Pidgin - the language spoken by over half of Hawai'i's people. "This film poignantly explains how language creates a sense of belonging in a society pressured to conform to the dominance of English. It is essential viewing for language educators, parents, and college students, especially in linguistics and Asian-Pacific Studies." Christina M. Higgins, Associate Professor, Second Language Studies, University of Hawai'i |
| Analysis |
Documentaries |
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ESL and Languages |
| Notes |
Funders, Pacific Islanders in Communications, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Rodney Ohtani ; editor, Shirley Thompson ; composer, David Kauahikaua |
| Performer |
Narrator, Keith Kashiwada ; speakers, Kent Sakoda, Kanalu Young, Ermile Kodani Hargrove, Lee Tonouchi, Gavin Furukawa, Teresa Kaleiopu Lau, Karen Knudsen, Eileen Tamura, William S. Richardson, George Kitazaki, Emma McGuire Hanakeawe, Debbie Lau Okamura, Byron Lau, Earl Morihara, Joseph Grimes |
| Event |
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2009 |
| Notes |
In English; some segments in Pidgin and Hawaiian with English subtitles |
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Winner, Audience Award, Hawai'i International Film Festival |
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Title from title frames |
| Subject |
Pidgin languages -- Hawaii
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Pidgin English -- Hawaii -- History
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English language -- Dialects -- Hawaii
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English language -- Foreign elements.
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English language -- Dialects
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English language -- Foreign elements
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Pidgin English
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Pidgin languages
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| SUBJECT |
Hawaii -- Languages -- Social aspects
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| Subject |
Hawaii
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documentary film.
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Nonfiction television programs
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History
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Feature films
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Ethnographic television programs
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Documentary television programs
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Documentary films
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Internet videos
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Internet videos.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Ethnographic films.
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Documentary.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Films ethnographiques.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Booth, Marlene, 1948- film director, film producer
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Young, Kanalu G. Terry, 1954- film producer.
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Kashiwada, Keith, narrator.
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Sakoda, Kent.
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Tonouchi, Lee A.
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Tamura, Eileen.
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Richardson, William S.
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Grimes, Joseph Evans.
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Ohtani, Rodney A., director of photography.
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Thompson, Shirley, 1963- editor of moving image work.
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Kauahikaua, David, composer (expression)
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Pacific Islanders in Communications, presenter.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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New Day Films, publisher.
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