Kapaemahu (2020)

Name: Kapaemahu
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2020-04-18

Running Time

Plot.

Long ago, four extraordinary beings of dual male and female spirit, led by Kapaemahu, brought certain healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii and were loved by the people for their gentle ways and the miraculous cures they performed.

Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

Narrator (voice) / Director / Producer / Screenplay

Dean Hamer

Director / Screenplay / Producer

Joe Wilson

Director / Producer / Screenplay

Dan Golden

Original Music Composer / Sound

Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole

Vocals

Philip Perkins

Sound Mixer

Daniel Sousa

Animation Director

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 18, 2020

Status
Released

Running Time
9m

Genres
Animation Drama Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This Movie Is About.

lgbt

hawaii

healing power

based on myths, legends or folklore

short

native hawaiian

Wiki.

Kapaemahu is a 2020 animated short film produced and directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson with director of the animation Daniel Sousa. It is based on the long-hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach placed there as a tribute to four legendary mahu who first brought the healing arts to Hawaii. The film is narrated in Olelo Niihau, the only unbroken form of the Hawaiian language. Kapaemahu premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, was screened in over 160 film festivals and 200 theaters worldwide, won multiple Oscar-qualifying jury awards, and was shortlisted for Best Animated Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards®.