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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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • indigenous
  • hawaii
  • squatter
  • displacement
  • forced relocation
  • colonialism
  • eviction
  • woman director
  • honolulu, hawaii
  • squatting
  • 1980s
  • native hawaiian

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United States of America

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Still from The Sand Island Story

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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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