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Māhū, The Most Controversial Word In Hawaiian

Season 13 Episode 3 | 2m 10s

Kumu Patrick Makuakāne, Kumu Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, and Kaumakaiwa Kanakaʻole explains what māhū has been through history to present-day.

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Indigenous women around the Pacific seek support in their birth choices.
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred Mauna Kea.
Two sisters, Kapulei Flores and Hāwane Rios, share a responsibility to protect Mauna Kea.
Thousands of Native Hawaiians and protectors of Mauna Kea gather in protest.
New theater production by Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne reclaims and celebrates māhū people.
Kumu Patrick Makuakāne designed his show to be inclusive in dance, song, and costume.
Kalā and others begin the palila annual survey point counts on Mauna Kea.
Ānuenue is the name of a palila bird who has been killed; but his story doesn't end there.
A Hawaiian finch sues the State of Hawai‘i to prevent its imminent extinction.
Poema teachers her children to protect the ocean and land.