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Inspiring Kidpreneur Programs Featured in Hawaii Business Magazine
Huge thanks to Honolulu Business Magazine for recognizing three of our kidpreneur programs in this recent article. Of course Lemonade Alley has been the prototype kidpreneur program in Hawaii, starting in 2011. Kidpreneur Project-Based Learning And it's nice to see...
Shaka Film on “The Conversation” Hawaii Public Radio
huge mahalo to Catherine Cruz for having Steve Sue (me) on "The Conversation," Hawaii Public Radio to feature the Shaka film project. I was told we'd do a 10 minute interview but the end product was a full 28 minutes on the history and meaning of the Shaka gesture....
Protecting Hawaiian Cultural Stories
We successfully launched the Shaka Summit on July 27, 2021 with a session on “Protecting Cultural Stories.” This was the first pau hana event of our thought leader visioning series on how to leverage the Shaka gesture to make Hawaiʻi and the world beyond a better...
Shaka Summit Series Launches
As part of our outreach and our fundraising efforts, we are launching the Shaka Summit. This will be a thought leader visioning series on how to leverage the Shaka gesture to make Hawaiʻi and the world beyond a better place. The documentary's storyline and it’s...
Making the Trailer
In creating a fundraising trailer, we had to work with limited elements captured before main production. However, the story of the Shaka is so vast and layered, it was impossible to try and sum up the story in one short video. The challenge for our Director Alex...
Shaka-Based Cultural, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Curriculum Unveiled
"Shaka, The Power of Aloha" high school curriculum was produced and implemented at the Youth Services Center at Dole Cannery over the past four months. Three curriculum sets were commissioned by Hawaii's Workforce Development Council and implemented as a pilot:...
Shaka Tea Sponsors Shaka Movie
Our Shaka ohana grew this week with the addition of the Shaka Tea group. Shaka Tea comes in with a huge dose of aloha, a good amount of cash and bottle service at Shaka movie events including at the ID8 Studios Grand Opening on May 6, 2021 where Shaka, the Power of...
How to Name a Hawaiian Culture Film
When naming films, buildings and products with Hawaiian names, there's a fine line between celebrating a cultural story and appropriating the culture's heritage. With naming of the Shaka film, we've been keenly aware of the subject, so assembled a wide array of...
Shaka Curriculum in Development
As a 30-minute educational documentary, "Shaka, the Power of Aloha" is intended as an inspiration piece to open minds and raise spirits. A 90-minute version many follow in the near future as the storyline and content captured are certainly rich enough to power a full...
Bizgenics Seeks Art Submissions & Cameo Groups for Shaka Documentary
HONOLULU, HI - Bizgenics, a Hawaiʻi-based 501(C)(3) education nonprofit is in production of a new crowdsourced education documentary titled “Shaka, the Power of Aloha.” This true story chronicles how one man’s handicap became the global symbol of fearless living,...
Henry Kapono Joins Shaka Production
We're honored to welcome Henry Kapono to the Shaka Film production team as music producer. We've previously worked with Henry and wife Lezlee (the business brains behind the Kapono Inc and Kapono Foundation), so we know we're in good hands with these two producing...
Exec Producer, Bryan Spicer Shakes the Shaka
Shaka, the Power of Mana welcomes Co-Executive Producer Bryan Spicer and Hawaii Sight & Sound Productions to the production team. Bryan's role as co-Exec Producer is to ensure that the film is smartly produced and has top quality entertainment value. Over the past...