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The animated short film Kapaemahu has made Oscars history, as the first Hawaiian animated short film to clear the first round of voting and make the official Oscars Shortlist in the Animated Short Film category.
Kapaemahu tells the ancient Hawaiian legend of Waikiki s mysterious four-boulders located on Waikiki Beach, which is a monument to the four gentle people, the māhū, who brought science and healing to Hawaii from Tahiti.
Māhū is a Hawaiian term for those who embody both kāne (male) and wahine (female) in mind and spirit.
Director, producer and narrator Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, who is māhū, says she had no idea the film was probably the pinnacle of her work.
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