Ea (2025) 70 mins. 16:9, color, sound

Ea [Sovereign] is a feature length documentary about Keʻeaumoku Kapu, a Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) community leader, activist, and caretaker of Nā ʻAikāne o Maui Cultural Center in Lahaina, Maui. Through resonant landscapes and multimedia expressions of indigenous presence, the film focuses on Kapu’s nearly 20-year battle, in and out of the U.S. court system, to reclaim ancestral kuleana land in Kauaʻula valley on the northwest coast of the island of Maui. Ea is a testament to the resilience of one family, whose efforts serve as a source of guidance for their community as well as future generations pursuing land and water rights across the Hawaiian archipelago. 

Support Nā ʻAikane o Maui, Cultural Center of Lahaina here: https://naaikane.org