North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival

The Wind and the Reckoning

Expired December 12, 2022 5:59 AM
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Films are available to screen from midnight, Sunday, November 6, through midnight, Sunday, December 11.


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THE WIND AND THE RECKONING reveals the real-life story of a Native Hawaiian ranching family that defies the newly established colonial government and faces down American mercenaries rather than have their freedoms callously ripped away.


For the first time in a feature film, the Battle of Kalalau unfolds through the eyes of the islands’ indigenous people as they take a stand against oppression.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    91 minutes
  • Language
    English, Hawaiian
  • Country
    United States
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  • Director
    David Cunningham
  • Screenwriter
    John Fusco
  • Producer
    Angela Laprete, Wainani Young-Tomich, Erika Hoveland, Dale Armin Johnson
  • Executive Producer
    Georgina Lightning, Peter Lenkov, Noah Hamilton, Lorenzo Clonfero, Annette Cama, Angelina Cama, Mike Frank, Nicole Nietz
  • Cast
    Jason Scott Lee, Henry Ian Cusick, Lindsay Anuhea Watson, Johnathon Schaech, Ron Yuan, Kahiau Perreria, Hoku Pavao, Mark Medeiros