The 12-book series provides an early reader’s introduction to some of Lāna‘i’s wahi pana, including Kaiolohia, Kaumālapaʻu, Kaunolū, Keōmoku and Mānele.
The Lt. Governor started her visit by greeting students in Korean and sharing with them her own language experiences and stressing the value of speaking the language of one’s culture.
At first, ‘Ōleloflix pioneer Kalani Bright was skeptical of the movie Finding ‘Ohana. Oh my god, Finding ‘Ohana? Bright says. OK, what is it like? Did they misrepresent our culture like every other movie? And then you hear it took off like wildfire. People were like, have you seen Finding ‘Ohana? Have you seen and then I said, OK, this is like, this is our jam.
Jam, as in ‘Ōlelo Jam - a community event Brights hosts where ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i speakers of all ages and proficiencies gather to add Hawaiian language captions to their favorite Netflix movie or TV show.