

The Sand Island Story
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This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to resist eviction from the Honolulu shoreline - resulting in displacement, arrests, and the destruction of a community.
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- Released
- Budget
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- Language
- English
- indigenous
- hawaii
- squatter
- displacement
- forced relocation
- colonialism
- eviction
- woman director
- honolulu, hawaii
- squatting
- 1980s
- native hawaiian
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
Director
Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TVNR1 Jan 1981
- Digital / OTTThe Criterion Channel1 Dec 2020
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The Sand Island Story was released on 1 January 1981.
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