By Popular Demand, Hawai‘i Made KULEANA Will Be Held Over In Theaters

KULEANA HELD OVER IN THEATERS IN HAWAII

By popular demand, Hawai‘i-made KULEANA will is being held over on Maui and Keauhou for
week seven. The award winning film was shot entirely on Maui with an all-Hawai‘i cast.

The film serves up Hawai‘i’s beauty and philosophies in a tightly layered, noir-style secret story.
It is both a mystery and a thriller with scatterings of cultural spirituality added for moral good
measure.

Kuleana is the Hawaiian word for spiritual and family responsibility. In KULEANA, set in Hawai‘i
in 1971, a disabled Vietnam vet rediscovers the Hawaiian warrior within to protect his family
and defend their land. Most importantly he tries to clear his father’s name of a wrongful capital
charge.

Maui’s Branscombe Richmond was among the film stars who attended the recent L.A.
premiere. His wife, Lei Richmond performed an oli before the festivities, and their son, Farai
Richmond showed a short film he produced entitled THE TREE as part of the event.

The film also stars Maui’s Moronai Kanekoa, Sonya Balmores (Marvel’s INHUMANS), Vene
Chun, Augie T, Marlene Sai, Branscombe Richmond (CHICAGO MED), Stefan Schaefer (GET A
JOB) and Mel Cabang. Kristina Anapau (BLACK SWAN), one of the leads, is a Hilo-native, now
living and working in Hollywood.

KULEANA was written and directed by Brian Kohne and produced by Stefan Schaefer. Willie K
provides an original score; the soundtrack boasts hit songs by Joni Mitchell, Procol Harum, Tony
Orlando and Dawn and Climax. The period setting was personified with Hawaiian classics of the
era by Genoa Keawe, Lena Machado, Sunday Manoa, Sons of Hawaii and Marlene Sai.

KULEANA began its statewide theatrical release on March 30, 2018, at theaters throughout
Hawai‘i. The Pacific Media Group, Maui Now’s parent company, is a shareholder in the film
KULEANA. The film was produced by Hawaii Cinema.

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