Honolulu in Quarantine
6k digital video, 10 mins, 2021. Ōlelo Hawaiʻi, English.
The corporate coup d’etat ended the only monarchic rule within the United States on January 17, 1893. Sugar barons pressured the monarchy to reverse the laws to protect the native Hawaiians. Within a half-century, the music from the island paradise captured the imaginations of mainland Americans who flocked to distant state for the exotic romance that is tourism.
Shot May 25, 202