The Making of a Documentary: The Story of Katsu Goto
Join us for the Making of a Documentary: The Story of Katsu Goto on two occasions at the Lyman Museum—Monday evening, March 6, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and a matinée on the following afternoon, Tuesday, March 7, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Katsu Goto’s incredible but true story, a powerful saga of hope and inspiration arising from tragedy, is the subject of a remarkable new documentary about a poignant chapter in Hawai‘i’s history. Today, more than 130 years after Goto arrived in the Islands to work on a sugar plantation, his story is being given new life with the vision of filmmakers Patsy Iwasaki and Danny Miller.
Their presentation at the Lyman Museum explores the research and making of “Honoka‘a Hero: The Story of Katsu Goto”—a film spanning his life as plantation laborer, to successful businessman and labor rights advocate, to his tragic lynching in Honoka‘a town in 1888
The documentary features historical reenactments by students from UH-Hilo’s Performing Arts Department and its Chair, Dr. Jackie Pualani Johnson. Joining Iwasaki and Miller is Dr. Yoshinori Kato, a researcher who shares some of his important contributions to the film.
This event is FREE to Museum members – and only $3 for non-members! This event is expected to fill up quickly, so be sure to get there EARLY!!
