Through a rich trove of archival sources, including Hawaiian language newspapers, or nūpepa, filmmaker Robin Lung constructs a colorful story of Lee Ahlo and his wife Lahela Kehuokalani, shining a light on the intertwined histories of Chinese and Hawaiians in the late 19th century and the tumultuous political changes that shaped their families’ futures.
Join us to discuss Lung’s fascinating journey and explore the archival sources that informed it.
Speaker: Robin Lung
Award-winning Filmmaker and Producer of Finding KUAN
Discussant: Min Zhou
Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies
Director, UCLA Asia Pacific Center (Online)
Discussant: Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo’ole Osorio
Dean, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Moderator: Shana Brown
Director, Honors Program, Associate Professor
Department of History, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Organizer: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Funding Support: C.Q. Yee Hop Foundation
Co-Sponsors:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
San Diego State University Chinese Cultural Center
1882 Foundation
United Chinese Society of Hawaiʻi
Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
US-China Peoples Friendship Association
Chinese Family History Group
Through a rich trove of archival sources, including Hawaiian language newspapers, or nūpepa, filmmaker Robin Lung constructs a colorful story of Lee Ahlo and his wife Lahela Kehuokalani, shining a light on the intertwined histories of Chinese and Hawaiians in the late 19th century and the tumultuous political changes that shaped their families’ futures.
Join us to discuss Lung’s fascinating journey and explore the archival sources that informed it.
Speaker: Robin Lung
Award-winning Filmmaker and Producer of Finding KUAN
Discussant: Min Zhou
Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies
Director, UCLA Asia Pacific Center (Online)
Discussant: Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo’ole Osorio
Dean, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Moderator: Shana Brown
Director, Honors Program, Associate Professor
Department of History, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Organizer: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Funding Support: C.Q. Yee Hop Foundation
Co-Sponsors:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
San Diego State University Chinese Cultural Center
1882 Foundation
United Chinese Society of Hawaiʻi
Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
US-China Peoples Friendship Association
Chinese Family History Group
