The Sand Island Story

Name: The Sand Island Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1981-01-01
Duration: 28 min
Cast: Puhipau

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1981

0h 28m

Documentary

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Overview

This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to resist eviction from the Honolulu shoreline - resulting in displacement, arrests, and the destruction of a community.