Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki
In between growing frustrations toward cleaning up after an endless parade of tourists and reflections on a traumatizing memory, a voice rises from within a soft-spoken Hawaiian janitor down on the sidewalk in Waikiki. This narrative short film is inspired by a collection of poetry published posthumously featuring the work of Kānaka Maoli poet Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947-84).
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Olona Media, PIC
- keyword: beach, poetry, indigenous, hawaii, poet, murder, janitor, pacific island, colonialism, tourism, native hawaiian, waikiki
- cast: Keahi Delovio, Imaikalani Kalahele, Shiro Kawai, Kamakaniokaʻāina Paikai