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Ola Hou: Journey to New York Fashion Week

Season 12 Episode 1201 | 56m 46s

When Native Hawaiian fashion designer, Sharayah Chun-Lai receives an invitation from the world-renowned Runway 7 to showcase her brand, Ola Hou Designs, at the prestigious New York Fashion Week, she and her supportive family are tossed into a fast-paced world of planning, preparation and runway readiness to bring the spirit of the Big Island to the magic of the Big Apple.

Aired: 08/09/23 | Expires: 08/06/27
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Extras
Indigenous women around the Pacific seek support in their birth choices.
Ioana Turia, competitive paddler and free diver, shares her birth journey in Rarotonga.
Rava Ray, Tahitian photographer and artist, sought an ocean birth for her first child.
Kimi Werner, Native Hawaiian free diver and spearfisher, shares her first birth journey.
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.
What does it mean to be māhū? Kumu Patrick Makuakāne shares why it's the name of his show.