A sugar town dies, but the people refuse to. 19 minutes of pure resilience.
When the Kahuku sugar plantation and mill shut down in the 1970's, workers who lived in plantation housing had to decide how to hold the community together and create something new out of an industry that had come to an end. This is the story of their successful transition from plantation to self-governing community.
Direction
Keith lets residents speak, never romanticizes struggle.
Production
Intimate access to a disappearing way of life.
Writing
Narration stays lean; the people carry every frame.
Director
Victoria Keith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kahuku's co-op model influenced other Hawaiian plantation towns facing closure, becoming a template for community land trusts across the islands.
Director Victoria Keith spent three years embedded in Kahuku; residents initially suspected she was a corporate spy for the sugar company.
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