This 24-minute documentary highlights the efforts of a group of native Hawaiians living in a fishing village along the urban Honolulu shoreline in the 1970's. They wanted to remain on this small island in the face of a mandated eviction by the state, and share their culture and fishing skills as part of a living park. Instead, the village was bulldozed and all residents evicted in a single day by the State of Hawai'i. This documentary follows the efforts of the residents over a four-month period in 1979-80, and showcases values and lifestyle once typical of Hawaiian culture. The Sand Island evictions became instrumental in the growth of the Hawaiian activist movement seeking greater sovereignty over their lands
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