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Waikiki: Riding the Waves of Change
directed by Eric Jordan, fl. 2007 and Caroline Yacoe, fl. 1997; produced by Eric Jordan, fl. 2007 and Caroline Yacoe, fl. 1997 (Hawaii: Privately Published, 2007), 54 mins
Like hula, surfing was viewed as immoral by European missionaries to Hawai'i, so it had languished until the early twentieth century when the first tourist hotels appeared in Waikiki, and a small band of watermen began to earn their livelihood from surfing instruction and providing outrigger canoe rides for touris...
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directed by Eric Jordan, fl. 2007 and Caroline Yacoe, fl. 1997; produced by Eric Jordan, fl. 2007 and Caroline Yacoe, fl. 1997 (Hawaii: Privately Published, 2007), 54 mins
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Like hula, surfing was viewed as immoral by European missionaries to Hawai'i, so it had languished until the early twentieth century when the first tourist hotels appeared in Waikiki, and a small band of watermen began to earn their livelihood from surfing instruction and providing outrigger canoe rides for tourists. Award-winning documentarian Caroline Yacoe portrays the current Waikiki Beach Boys as preservers of surfing culture. A surfer herse...
Like hula, surfing was viewed as immoral by European missionaries to Hawai'i, so it had languished until the early twentieth century when the first tourist hotels appeared in Waikiki, and a small band of watermen began to earn their livelihood from surfing instruction and providing outrigger canoe rides for tourists. Award-winning documentarian Caroline Yacoe portrays the current Waikiki Beach Boys as preservers of surfing culture. A surfer herself, Yacoe combines archival footage, interviews with former and current Beach Boys, and music performed by Beach Boy musicians such as the Waikiki Sunset Jammahs. Co-producer and narrator Francine Mikiala Palama reveals both the hard work it takes to become a Beach Boy and how the tradition is passed on. The narration also tells how the 'Ambassadors of Aloha' found romance and a 24-hour party for themselves and for the tourists. Says Beach Boy Woody Brown: 'We're giving them a point of view from the ocean. Looking at the island is a lot different, showing them things they don't see from the land.' This documentary is a cinematic love song to the Waikiki Beach Boys, using archival footage, interviews and music to show how the 'Ambassadors of Aloha' preserve the surf culture and teach it to visitors.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Caroline Yacoe, fl. 1997, Eric Jordan, fl. 2007, Francine Mikiala Palama, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Eric Jordan, fl. 2007, Caroline Yacoe, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Privately Published
Speaker / Narrator
Francine Mikiala Palama, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Hawaiian, Beaches, Cultural change and history, Surfing, Hawaiians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 Caroline Yacoe. All rights reserved
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