Kahuku: Survival of a Plantation Town
1988•NR•19m•Released
Documentary
When the Kahuku sugar plantation and mill shut down in the 1970's, workers who lived in plantation housing had to decide how to hold the community together and create something new out of an industry that had come to an end. This is the story of their successful transition from plantation to self-governing community.
Director
Victoria Keith
Writer
Victoria Keith
Studio
Hawaiian Electric Company
Cast
Scott Shirai
Narrator
Tom Nakayama
Self
John Primacio, Jr.
Self
Seiko Shiroma
Self
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