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Pa‘a Sibbett, Executive Producer, Head Writer and Co-Creator of Apple TV+ show Chief of War sits down and talks about Episode 2: Changing Tides, ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, ‘ike Hawai‘i, and national consciousness, with guests Keawe Goodhue and Kaho‘okahi Kanuha of Awaiaulu.
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0:00 Intro
0:40 Welina
1:04 World Building Through ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i
6:53 Jasonʻs Language Coach, Meeting on Maunakea
16:06 Hollywood
19:03 ‘Ōlelo, Actors, Script Supervisors, Directors, and More
25:33 Did Language Calm Jason? ‘Ōlelo Across All Departments
34:25 Awaiaulu, ‘Ōlelo, Mo‘olelo
39:40 It's Not As Simple As Just Going Outside and Opening Your Eyes, Imagination
42:11 Translation, Research, Input, Collaboration
42:45 Digging Deeper Into Who We Are, Reconnection, Collective Memory
46:13 A Team of Researchers and Cultural Practitioners
52:47 Descendants and Ancestors On Screen, Aquaman
56:44 Ka‘ahumanu's Storyline, Lucianeʻs Preparation and Dedication, Increasing Access
1:09:49 I Just Hope Kū Doesn't Visit You In Your Sleep
1:15:37 When Decisions Made are Contrary to the History
1:17:!3 Ka‘iana Willingly Went On The Ship
1:19:25 Don't Let This Be The First Book You Read
1:24:06 Difficult At First to Understand, Entertainment, Learning
1:29:57 Cultural Advisors Over All Major Departments, Inspiring Future Storytellers
1:38:00 Increasing Interest, Exposing People to Different Parts of Our Culture
1:42:20 A Pono Path, Maunakea
1:47:17 The Fight To Get It Into ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, One More Thing
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Watch Chief of War on Apple TV+: tv.apple.com/us/show/chief-of-war/umc.cmc.6ag0zq020ielwv7m83v8r4dkw
Dive deeper into more episodes of Hu‘e Kaona: Chief of War Talk Story Sessions at kanaeokana.net/chiefofwar.
Like and subscribe: youtube.com/kanaeokana?sub_confirmation=1
Learn more about how Awaiaulu is building resources and building people: awaiaulu.org
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Find learning resources and links at kanaeokana.net/chiefofwar
Learn more about the Hawai‘i Film Alliance: hawaiifilmalliance.org
Pa‘a Sibbett, Executive Producer, Head Writer and Co-Creator of Apple TV+ show Chief of War sits down and talks about Episode 2: Changing Tides, ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, ‘ike Hawai‘i, and national consciousness, with guests Keawe Goodhue and Kaho‘okahi Kanuha of Awaiaulu.
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0:00 Intro
0:40 Welina
1:04 World Building Through ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i
6:53 Jasonʻs Language Coach, Meeting on Maunakea
16:06 Hollywood
19:03 ‘Ōlelo, Actors, Script Supervisors, Directors, and More
25:33 Did Language Calm Jason? ‘Ōlelo Across All Departments
34:25 Awaiaulu, ‘Ōlelo, Mo‘olelo
39:40 It's Not As Simple As Just Going Outside and Opening Your Eyes, Imagination
42:11 Translation, Research, Input, Collaboration
42:45 Digging Deeper Into Who We Are, Reconnection, Collective Memory
46:13 A Team of Researchers and Cultural Practitioners
52:47 Descendants and Ancestors On Screen, Aquaman
56:44 Ka‘ahumanu's Storyline, Lucianeʻs Preparation and Dedication, Increasing Access
1:09:49 I Just Hope Kū Doesn't Visit You In Your Sleep
1:15:37 When Decisions Made are Contrary to the History
1:17:!3 Ka‘iana Willingly Went On The Ship
1:19:25 Don't Let This Be The First Book You Read
1:24:06 Difficult At First to Understand, Entertainment, Learning
1:29:57 Cultural Advisors Over All Major Departments, Inspiring Future Storytellers
1:38:00 Increasing Interest, Exposing People to Different Parts of Our Culture
1:42:20 A Pono Path, Maunakea
1:47:17 The Fight To Get It Into ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, One More Thing
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Watch Chief of War on Apple TV+: tv.apple.com/us/show/chief-of-war/umc.cmc.6ag0zq020ielwv7m83v8r4dkw
Dive deeper into more episodes of Hu‘e Kaona: Chief of War Talk Story Sessions at kanaeokana.net/chiefofwar.
Like and subscribe: youtube.com/kanaeokana?sub_confirmation=1
Learn more about how Awaiaulu is building resources and building people: awaiaulu.org
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Find learning resources and links at kanaeokana.net/chiefofwar
Learn more about the Hawai‘i Film Alliance: hawaiifilmalliance.org
