This very special event on the Great Lawn of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is also the Grand Opening of The Healer stones of Kapaemahu exhibition, which runs June 17 - October 16, 2022. Reserve tix for the premiere screening & exhibition preview HERE.

On Honolulu’s famed Waikiki Beach stand four giant boulders placed as a tribute to the four legendary mahu—individuals of dual male and female spirit—who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai‘i long ago. Although the stones have survived for centuries, their story has been hidden and the respected role of mahu erased. The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu documents the trail of post-colonial suppression through the eyes of a Native Hawaiian director—Wong-Kalu identifies as mahu—and uses rare archival materials, new historical findings, and vivid animation to bring the complete story back to life. This is the first feature documentary to be presented in ‘Ōlelo Kanaka Niihau, the only form of the Hawaiian language unbroken by foreign contact.