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Independent Lens is broadcast on most PBS stations on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.
Please check the broadcast schedule. Dates and times may vary.
Pacific Islander
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FISHBOWL
by Kayo Hatta, Linda Barry and Eleanor Nakama-Mitsunaga
Co-presentation with PBS Hawaii and the Center for Asian American Media
May 9, 2006
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In the sleepy plantation town of Hilo, Hawaii, an 11-year-old named Lovey is trying to be anything but herself. In this dramatic short adapted from Lois-Ann Yamanaka's Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers, Lovey's comical—and often painful—quest culminates in one fateful Halloween night.
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HEART OF THE SEA
by Charlotte Lagarde & Lisa Denker
A Pacific Islanders in Communications and KHET/Hawaii co-presentation
May 6, 2003
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On a surfboard, she carved the way for women in a sport dominated by men. But at the age of 32, Rell Kapolioka'ehukai Sunn was diagnosed with breast cancer. HEART OF THE SEA is a portrait of "Auntie Rell," who inspired those who knew her as an athlete, survivor and activist.
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Following legendary teacher Robert Cazimero and the only all-male hula school in Hawaii, NA KAMALEI: The Men of Hula goes beyond deep-rooted stereotypes of "grass skirt girls" and reveals a story of Hawaiian pride through the exploration of male roles in the hula tradition—past and present.
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RACE IS THE PLACE
by Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles
Co-presentation with the National Minority Consortia and KERA/Dallas
November 22, 2005
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How do American artists address our nation's most pressing social issue?
Using spoken, sung and chanted word, African American, Latino, Asian
American, Pacific Islander and Native American authors, performance
artists, poets and singers explore the pain, frustration and humor of
racism in America.
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the National Endowment for the Arts