First Landing

Aloha, come out and join us and see the First Landing trailer premier with our ohana. Members of the Kahoolawe Nine will be there to speak plus producer, Woody Vaspra will also be greeting everyone to thank you all for your support in the film. Who Walter Ritte, Steve K. Morse, Ian Lind, Emmett Aluli, [...]

We are happy to announce that Lono of  www.lonomusic.com is bringing his talent for old traditional Hawaiian music to the production of First Landing. We felt his music was a perfect match for the story of the Kahoolawe Nine and their love for the land and belief in the rights of their native culture. As [...]

When Captain Cook stumbled upon the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, the islands were already relatively densely populated by an estimated 350,000 to 1,000,000 native Hawaiians. In 1795, Kamehameha united all of the main islands except Kaua’i and tiny Ni’ihau and in 1804 King Kaumuali’i of Kaua’i capitulated to King Kamehameha and Kaua’i and Ni’ihau became, [...]

Woody was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and grew-up on the North Shore of Oahu.  After graduating from the Kamehameha Schools, the Hawaiian High School for young people of native Hawaiian descent, Woody attended Beloit College in Wisconsin where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology in 1967.  Immediately thereafter, Woody was drafted into the military [...]

Catch the writer of First Landing and K-9 member, Steve K. Morse on Olelo Community TV tomorrow at 10am on Channel 53 talking all about the film with host Lynette Cruz on her program, “Issues That Matter”. Tune in to or get online! The episode will premier on May 15 and repeat on May 22, [...]

On the outreach trip, we were overwhelmed by the support for this film. Nainoa Thompson of the Polynesian Voyaging Society committed to “”full support””. “”Just let me know what PVS can do to help.” Nainoa said has high respect for what K-9 did to ignite the flame to bring back Hawaiian culture. He said he sees first [...]

The Dalai Lama brought his message of peace and compassion — and his trademark humor — to Hawaii, celebrating the coming together of two native cultures. Similar to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the indigenous culture of Hawaii has its own inherent spirituality. “He calls it compassion. We call it Aloha,” said one participant at the [...]