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Suddenly, Honolulu

Suddenly, Honolulu

2015 · 3 min · Documentary

Director's statement: "Back home in Hawaii this past summer, the thing that mesmerized me most was the massive amounts of development in the city. This shifting skyline — 22 condos going up in Kakaako alone, I’m told. I’m neither for nor against all this change but I’m not ambivalent either, transitions are always powerful."

Directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi

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