PRESENTED BY
APOP HAWAIIAN CULTURAL CENTER

CO-SPONSORED BY WORLD ARTS WEST

THE ALOHA PUMEHANA 'O POLYNESIA (APOP)
HAWAIIAN CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS
THE 3RD ANNUAL BAY AREA HAWAIIAN FILM FESTIVAL

CONTACT INFO
Kawika Alfiche
info@apop.net / (650)588-1091

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO - The Aloha Pumehana 'O Polynesia
(APOP) Hawaiian Cultural Center is pleased to present
its 3rd Annual Bay Area Hawaiian Film Festival on
Saturday, September 23 at 423 Baden Avenue in South
San Francisco. This year's festival will feature an
array of films, dramas, and documentaries produced by
and about Hawaiians. Each year the festival provides a
cinematic voice for the Hawaiian community on the
mainland and presents a unique opportunity for
Hawaiians to tell their stories, share their language,
culture, and history with the general public in the
Bay Area. "This is important because Hawaiians rarely
see themselves on-screen and to see that is very
empowering," says Kumu Hula Kau'i Peralto of Halau 'o
Kawainuhi.

The festival offers a rare glimpse of Hawaiian
perspectives through cinema and will feature films
about Hawaiian myths and legends told for the first
time in the Hawaiian language; documentaries that
explore the Hawaiian monarchies, sovereignty, land
rights, and environmental issues; highlights on
cultural traditions of Hula; as well as vintage films
featuring the world-renowned surfer Duke Kahanamoku
and Waikiki in the days of old.

Since 1994, APOP continues to educate the general
public about Hawai'i, its people, traditional customs,
values, and protocols. APOP does this through
workshops, cultural events, and their hula halau
(dance group), Halau 'o Keikiali'i. "We are proud to
feature these films and know that it will build an
awareness and deeper appreciation of our culture,"
says Kawika Alfiche, Director of the APOP Hawaiian
Cultural Center.

The 3rd Annual Bay Area Hawaiian Film Festival takes
place at the APOP Hawaiian Cultural Center, 423 Baden
Avenue, South San Francisco on Saturday, September 23,
2006 from 1pm to 9pm. For ticket information call
650.588.1091or info@apop.net . Also be sure to visit
www.apop.net.