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.
