Free showing of “Act of War” in New York City this
weekend
Received via
email...Act of War:
The Overthrow of the Hawaiian
NationWHEN
– 3 PM This Sunday - January 14,
2007WHERE - AJ Muste Room 339
Lafayette St (btwn Bleecker & Bond (near Broadway &
Houston)Ring buzzer #11 (there are 2 flights
of steps) #6
train to Bleecker St or any train to Broadway/Houston
NYCAct of War: The
Overthrow of the Hawaiian
NationThis hour-long documentary
is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are
aware.In mid-January, 1893, armed troops
from the U.S.S.
Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a
treasonous coup
d'etat against the constitutional sovereign of
the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen
Lili`uokalani.The event was described
by U.S. President Grover Cleveland as "an
act of war."Stylized re-enactments,
archival photos and film, political cartoons, historic quotes and presentations
by Hawaiian scholars tell Hawaiian history through Hawaiian
eyes.Produced in association with the
Center for Hawaiian
Studies, University of Hawai`i. Featuring historians and scholars
Haunani-Kay Trask, Lilikala Kame`eleihiwa, Kekuni Blaisdell and Jonathan
Osorio.“Act of War - The
Overthrow of the Hawaiian
Nation” was broadcast first
during the centennial year of the overthrow of Queen Lili`uokalani, a landmark
year in the Hawaiian movement for sovereignty and
independence.In that same year, the U.S.
Congress passed a joint
resolution admitting the illegal taking of Hawai`i and formally
apologizing to the Hawaiian people.
Posted: Fri - January 12, 2007 at 08:50 AM