Research Guides: Hula and Mele: Videos

Holo Mai Pele: The Epic Hula Myth

Hālau ʻo Kekuhi portrays the epic tale of sisters Pele and Hiʻiaka.
You may also view the video with this link. Includes transcript.
Presented by Ethnographic Video Online.

Keepers of the Flame

Profiles Mary Kawena Pukui, Edith Kanakaʻole, and ʻIolani Luahine.
You may also view the video with this link. Includes transcript.
Presented by Ethnographic Video Online.

Ulu'ulu

`Ulu`ulu: Moving Image Archive of Hawai'i This link opens in a new window
The Henry Ku`ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive digitizes videotapes & films about Hawaii that are unique, primary source material not widely available or commercially distributed.

Ulu‘ulu: the Henry Ku‘ualoha Guigni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i is the official state archive for moving images. It offers over 300 hours of streaming video.

ETHNOGRAPHIC VIDEO ONLINE

Ethnographic Video Online, Volume III This link opens in a new window
More than 660 streaming video titles that focus on indigenous perspectives and points of view. A comprehensive resource of documentaries, feature films and shorts made by and for indigenous people and communities. Primary content focus: Oceania, Australia, and New Zealand.

Hawaiian Streaming Video

The University of Hawaii at Mānoa Library is digitizing its older Hawaiian and Pacific videotapes and making them available online. This Guide describes their streaming videos, explains how to connect, and provides links to many of them. Some of the videos are also listed below.

You may need to log in with your UH username and password to view the videos.

Sinclair Streaming Videos: A Selection of Hula

These are some of the videos digitized by Sinclair Library. To view a video, click on the link labelled "Web Site/Electronic Resource" near the bottom of the screen.

Edith Kanakaʻole Interview, Part 2, Hilo, Hawaiʻi
Edith Kanakaʻole discusses hula, performs a chant, and tells a legend.
Mele Aloha ʻAina : Songs and Hula of Hawaiian Resistance
Presented by the Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Program and the Asian Pacific American Heritage Committee, 2002, at the National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.,.