Spectrum Hawaii; Beijing Opera At the University of Hawaii; Photojournalist Ron Jett; The University Hawaii Press

KHET · December 19, 1984

052 In the first segment, Mel Farinas interviews animation artist, Ishu Patel, about his methods for creating animation. The second segment documents ethnomusicologist, Elizabeth Tatar, preparing films created by dancer Vivienne Mader in the 1930s depicting Hawaiian hula dancer for a film festival conducted by the East West Center. The final segment shows a performance of a song for kings sung and performed by the Tongan Young Adult Choir of the First United Methodist Church of Honolulu. The first segment explains the history and revived interest in icons through an exhibit at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery. The second segment shows the process that books go through at the University of Hawaii Press in order to be published. In the third segment, photojournalist, Ron Jett, shows his creative processing for capturing images for the Honolulu Advertiser. The final segment shows the preparation, rehearsal, and part of the performance of the Beijing Opera at the University of Hawaii. This item is part of the Pacific Islanders section of the AAPI special collection.