Anne Keala Kelly
Journalist/Filmmaker
Host: Basima Farhat
Previously Aired On: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 – Listen to the Show!
Anne Keala Kelly speaks about her documentary film Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawaii in which the US Military has turned Hawaii into a testing and training ground for the wars in the Middle East.
Keala’s work as a journalist and filmmaker focuses primarily on Hawaiian political and cultural issues, indigenous peoples and the environment. She has filed stories from Hawaii, Kathmandu, and Geneva and her articles and essays have been published in The Nation, Indian Country Today, American Indian Quarterly, the Honolulu Weekly and other journals. She has also produced documentaries and short features for radio, which have aired on the Pacifica Network’s Free Speech Radio News and NPR’s The Environment Report. Keala’s news footage has been featured on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Democracy Now! She was the co-producer of “The Other Hawai’i,” a 30-minute Inside USA program for Al Jazeera English.
Her first feature length film, “Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai’i,” won the Best Documentary Film Award at the Hawai’i International Film Festival in October 2008.
Mahalo nui loa Keala. I saw momentarily on television about your documentary with reference to nohohewa.com. I found this radio interview googling you. You’re awesome. We as an indigenous people need and are grateful to have someone like you make people of the world aware of our situation. And Yes! to ALL Kanaka Maoli, please write letters, make contact with your representatives in washington to stop the passing of the Akaka Bill.
Many thanks to The People Speak Radio for having Keala Kelly on for this interview.
Comment by Kuuipo M. | December 30, 2009
I love Anne Kelly.
Comment by Robert | February 8, 2010
Keala – good to see you again and happy to hear you are continuing your important work! sorry I did not hear about these events til just now. can we be in touch?
facebook is a great way to spread the word, by the way…
Comment by liz randol | December 20, 2010