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COURTESY TEACH FOR AMERICA
"'Ohana and 'Aina: Connecting Family, Farming and Freedom" by Jade Onaka.
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COURTESY JADE ONAKA
Jade Onaka’s film was a finalist at the Zensa Media International Film Festival last month in Montreal.
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“A Hawaii independent of imported food is not just a dream.” Jade Onaka, a Konawaena High School senior, explores this premise in her charming six-minute film, “‘Ohana and ‘Aina: Connecting Family, Farming and Freedom.” In it she explains the importance of taro and the ahupuaa system in old Hawaii as a lesson in sustainability. The film is gaining worthy exposure since it was a finalist at the Zensa Media International Film Festival last month in Montreal.
View it at 808ne.ws/kalofilm.