Na Maka o ka `Aina (“The Eyes of the Land”) is an independent video production team that focuses on the land and people of Hawai`i and the Pacific.

Documenting traditional and contemporary Hawaiian culture, history, language, environment and the politics of independence and sovereignty since 1982, Na Maka o ka `Aina has aired over 80 programs on Hawai`i Public Television, the Public Broadcasting Service, Deep Dish satellite network, Free Speech TV and Hawai`i’s commercial stations, in addition to producing regular programming for Hawai`i’s public access cable channels.

Their work has also been seen on television in Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Denmark, Canada and Japan.

Their list of major documentaries include:

• Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege
• Act of War - The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
• Stolen Waters
• Aloha Quest
• The Tribunal
• Pele's Appeal
• E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i (May the Hawaiian Language Live)
• Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Aina
• The Caretakers of Ka Lae
• Kona Hema - South Kona
• We Are Who We Were
• Makua - To Heal the Nation
• Kalo Pa'a o Waiahole - Hard Taro of Waiahole
• Faces of the Nation
• Kapu Ka'u
• Makua Homecoming

Most have aired on broadcast television in Hawai`i. In addition, Mauna Kea – Temple Under Siege, Act of War, Stolen Waters, Pele’s Appealand Makua Homecominghave been broadcast on PBS stations throughout the U.S.

Na Maka o ka `Aina productions have been screened at film festivals from Japan to Berlin, capturing awards from CINE, the Columbus International Film Festival, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Hawai`i International Film Festival, Earthvision International Environmental Film Festival (Santa Cruz) and the Berkeley Video & Film Festival.

Recognition and awards have also come from film festivals such as National Geographic’s All Roads Film Festival, Dreamspeakers (Alberta, Canada), ImagineNATIVE (Toronto), Aotearoa Film Festival (New Zealand), The Two Rivers Native Film and Video Festival (Minneapolis), the Native American Film and Video Festival (New York City and Washington, D.C.), Video America Indigena (Mexico), First Nations Film Festival of Chicago.

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