The Sand Island Story (1981)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 1981 28 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.hawaii, tmdb.native-hawaiian, tmdb.indigenous, tmdb.colonialism, tmdb.woman-director, tmdb.honolulu-hawaii, tmdb.squatting + 7 more, tmdb.1980s, tmdb.traditional-culture, mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.squatter, tmdb.eviction, tmdb.displacement, tmdb.forced-relocation