Unearthing the Lost Songs of Kohala Documentary

About

Documentary covering Mark "Boots" Lupenui's fieldwork documenting local musicians and their heirloom songs. The video synthesizes Lupenui's interviews with various musicians as well as presents individual and group preformances and provides reflections on the overall process and importance of preserving these songs. Interviewees and performers discuss the natural beauty and elements of Kohala that inspire their music as well as family and friends who shaped and collaborated with them throughout their lives. Also discussed is Raylene Ha'alelea Kawaiaea a prolific Kohala musician and community member who passed away in 2012.

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Library of Congress, in Library of Congress

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Rights statement at the Library of Congress, as the Library of Congress states it.

Rights statement

The American Folklife Center and community fieldworkers who carried out these Mellon-Foundation-funded Community Collections Grant projects (2022-2024) feel a strong ethical responsibility to the people who have consented to have their lives documented for the historical record. Researchers are asked to approach the materials in this collection with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented here. With the consent of the community fieldworkers and people documented in these collections, the Center is providing online access to these materials strictly for educational and research purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other holders of rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of the items beyond that allowed by fair use or other…

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Library of Congress

Language

Hawaiian

Country

United States

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