Join the Utah Pacific Island Film Series as we celebrate the 9th Annual Utah Pacific Island Heritage Month with our friends and partners at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Utah Film Center.
We are excited to show "Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula" Beyond the stereotypes of "grass skirt girls," Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula explores a resurgence of men who dance hula. Winner of the 2008 Independent Lens Audience Award, the program follows legendary master hula teacher, Robert Cazimero, and Hālau Nā Kamalei, the only all-male hula school in Hawaiʻi, as they journey to compete at the world’s largest hula competition.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their school and competing with some of the oldest male dancers at the competition, Robert and his men are out to prove that the renaissance of male hula is not over. Nā Kamalei tells a story of Hawaiian pride through the exploration of male roles in the hula tradition. Stay tuned for a post-film panel discussion with Pacific Island men in the Utah community who are fusing their love for culture and self expression through the art of dance.
- Year2006
- Runtime57 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLisette Marie Flanary
Join the Utah Pacific Island Film Series as we celebrate the 9th Annual Utah Pacific Island Heritage Month with our friends and partners at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Utah Film Center.
We are excited to show "Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula" Beyond the stereotypes of "grass skirt girls," Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula explores a resurgence of men who dance hula. Winner of the 2008 Independent Lens Audience Award, the program follows legendary master hula teacher, Robert Cazimero, and Hālau Nā Kamalei, the only all-male hula school in Hawaiʻi, as they journey to compete at the world’s largest hula competition.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their school and competing with some of the oldest male dancers at the competition, Robert and his men are out to prove that the renaissance of male hula is not over. Nā Kamalei tells a story of Hawaiian pride through the exploration of male roles in the hula tradition. Stay tuned for a post-film panel discussion with Pacific Island men in the Utah community who are fusing their love for culture and self expression through the art of dance.
- Year2006
- Runtime57 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorLisette Marie Flanary
