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Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation

  • January 1993
  • 58mins

  • Documentary
  • History
  • Directed by

    Puhipau,

    Joan Lander,

    Starring

    Leonelle Anderson Akana,

    Haunani-Kay Trask,

    Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa,

    Richard Kekuni Blaisdell

    ...

    This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the U.S.S Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a treasonous coup d’état against the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili‘uokalani. The event was described by U.S. President Grover Cleveland as an "act of war."