This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the U.S.S Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a treasonous coup d’état against the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili‘uokalani. The event was described by U.S. President Grover Cleveland as an "act of war."
Joan Lander
Puhipau
Joan Lander
Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell
Haunani-Kay Trask
Puhipau
Leonelle Anderson Akana
Narrator / Lili'uokalani (voice)
Haunani-Kay Trask
Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell
Jon Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio
Kanani Kapuniai
Kalani 'Apuakehau
Aaron Anderson
Jeremy Rochford
Warren Smith
Kaipo Miller
Greg Koob
... and 16 more
Act of War - The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation TRAILER
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