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Cane fire / directed, filmed, and edited by Anthony Banua-Simon ; produced and written by Michael Vass, Anthony Banua-Simon.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 038 302 1 disc + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Cane fire (Motion picture : 2020)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hawaiians--In motion pictures.
- Hawaiians.
- Indigenous peoples in motion pictures.
- Indigenous peoples--Hawaii--Economic conditions.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indigenous peoples--Hawaii--Social life and customs.
- Indigenous peoples--Hawaii--Kauai.
- Settler colonialism--Hawaii--History.
- Settler colonialism.
- Sugarcane industry--Hawaii.
- Sugarcane industry.
- Hawaii--Colonization--Social aspects.
- Hawaii.
- Kauai (Hawaii)--In motion pictures.
- Kauai (Hawaii).
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (90 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (4 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- Distribution:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Cinema Guild, [2024]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround.
- stereo
- surround
- Dolby Digital 2.0
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "The Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi is seen as a paradise of leisure and pristine natural beauty, but these escapist fantasies obscure the colonial displacement, hyper-exploitation of workers and destructive environmental extraction that have actually shaped life on the island for the last 250 years. Cane Fire critically examines the island's history -- and the various strategies by which Hollywood has represented it--through four generations of director Anthony Banua-Simon's family, who first immigrated to Kauaʻi from the Philippines to work on the sugar plantations. Assembled from a diverse array of sources--from Banua-Simon's observational footage, to amateur YouTube travelogues, to epic Hollywood dance sequences -- Cane Fire offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as "extras" in their own story."-- Publisher's description from container.
- Participant:
- Featuring Henry Bermoy, River Bermoy, Micah Bermoy, Mike Faye, Alfredo Castillo, Larry Rivera, Ke'ala Lopez.
- Credits:
- Editors, Anthony Banua-Simon, Amy Jones, Michael Vass ; music, Mike Cooper; photos provided courtesy of Kaua'i Historical Society.
- Notes:
- Collector's booklet includes an essay by Emerson Goo: "Burning out."
- Released as a documentary film in 2021.
- Special features: Audio commentary track with director Anthony Banau-Simon and producer Mike Vass; theatrical trailer.
- Best Feature Documentary, Indie Memphis Film Festival, 2020
- Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, 2021
- Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon, - 2021
- Vijay Mohan Social Change Award, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, 2021
- Title and credits from screen.
- OCLC:
- 1499870740
- Publisher Number:
- 881164001955
- 17602731 Midwest Tape
- CG205 Cinema Guild
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