Film & Cinema · Saturday, November 14, 2026

Ea (sovereign)

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Ea (Sovereign) is a documentary by Noah Keone Viernes and Sancia Miala Shiba Nash, shown as a Hawaiʻi premiere at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF46) neighbor island encore. This screening is not on Oʻahu. It plays at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, 1 Cameron Way, Kahului. The 70-minute film follows Kanaka ʻŌiwi cultural leader Keʻeaumoku Kapu and his family as they work to reclaim ancestral land in Kauaʻula Valley, Maui, after nearly two decades of legal and community struggle. It draws on archival material, chants, songs, animation, maps and legal records to look at colonization, plantation agriculture, militarization, and land and water rights. It is in English and Hawaiian and has no printed rating. HIFF says an extended Q&A with the film team follows the screening, but it does not name who will attend. The showing is on November 14 at 3:30 PM. HIFF says tickets are sold through the venue's own site, mauiarts.org, and its page prints no price. The same day at the same venue, the calendar lists Protecting Kahoʻolawe at 1:00 PM and The Navigator at 6:00 PM. Ea (Sovereign) also plays at Kahilu Theater on November 7 and at The Palace Theater in Hilo on November 13.

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