Hoʻohui ʻia nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo "Kapaemahu" i lanakila ma ke ʻano ʻo Criterion Channel
ʻO Kanaka Pakipika me nā poʻe o ka Pākīpika i ke kamaʻilio ʻana, me ke kālā ʻana mai ka Hui no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lehulehu, e hōʻike ana i ka pōkole animated ikaika Kapaemahu, i loaʻa ma The Criterion Channel mai Kēkēmapa 1.
Kapaemahu, haʻi i ka moʻolelo poina lōʻihi o nā mahu ʻehā, nā mea kupaianaha me ka ʻuhane kāne a wahine wahine i lawe mai i nā hana hoʻōla mai Tahiti a i Hawaii. Aloha ʻia e ka poʻe no ko lākou ala akahai a me nā hoʻōla mana, hana lākou i ʻehā mau pōhaku nunui me ko lākou mana. ʻOiai kū mau nā pōhaku ma ke kahakai ʻo Waikiki i kēia manawa, ua hūnā ʻia ka moʻolelo maoli ma hope o lākou - a hiki i kēia manawa.
Ua haʻi ʻia i loko o kahi ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi kahiko a ʻike ʻia e nā maka o kahi keiki pīhoihoi, na ka moʻolelo o Kapaemahu e hoʻolauna i kēia kaʻao mana i loko o ka hana lima lima nui, 2D kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.
Ua kākau ʻia ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, alakaʻi ʻia a hoʻopuka ʻia e ke kumu Kumu Hawaiʻi a me ke alakaʻi ʻo Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, nā luna lanakila ʻo Emmy Award Joe Wilson lāua ʻo Dean Hamer, a me ke alakaʻi ʻoniʻoni i koho ʻia e Oscar, Daniel Sousa (Kū'ē). ʻO ka mea lanakila o nā hoʻolauleʻa kiʻi ʻoniʻoni lehulehu e like me ka Tribeca Film Festival, Animayo International Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival a me Outfest Film Festival, Kapaemahu he mea hoʻomanaʻo ia i nā moʻomeheu waiwai a me nā ʻike like ʻole i kūpono i ka mahalo a me ka hōʻike ma o ka moʻolelo.