{"id":99902,"date":"2025-11-12T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=99902"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:13:04","slug":"sacred-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/sacred-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_99903\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99903\" class=\"wp-image-99903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/mwo_cover_111225-mail-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/mwo_cover_111225-mail-copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/mwo_cover_111225-mail-copy.jpg?resize=352,450 352w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/mwo_cover_111225-mail-copy.jpg?resize=335,428 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos Courtesy Keoni kealoha Alvarez<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">K<\/span><span class=\"s1\">eoni Kealoha Alvarez is an artist, author, cultural practitioner, caretaker and award-winning filmmaker.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The P\u0101hoa native was part of the PBS <i>Frontline<\/i> team that produced <i>Maui\u2019s Deadly Firestorm<\/i>, which won the 2025 Emmy for Outstanding Climate, Environment and Weather Coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The 54-minute documentary draws much of its power from the testimony of survivors who describe frantic escapes on clogged roadways, frenzied efforts to find loved ones, and a lack of communication and foresight from government officials. Those officials, in turn, recount a catastrophe that spiraled out of their control. The picture that emerges is one of tragedy and missed opportunities. When the smoke finally cleared, 102 people had died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">By the time the PBS <i>Frontline<\/i> crew arrived on the Valley Isle, survivors had been approached by media from around the world. Their stories would become one more piece in a larger narrative about climate disasters. But after the interviews wrapped up and the cameras disappeared, they struggled to rebuild their lives.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The PBS <i>Frontline<\/i> team was aware of this, and behind the scenes Alvarez worked as a field producer, ensuring survivors understood how their stories would be used and offering feedback to the film crew.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI always made sure the director called (the survivors) up and gave them a follow-up about what\u2019s going on and where the film was at,\u201d Alvarez says. \u201cIt was out of respect for their time. I wanted to make sure their time wasn\u2019t just being used to get a story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">A filmmaker, Alvarez understands that a lot of footage ends up on the cutting room floor, but the folks who contributed may not understand why. While editing is important, he says, so are transparency and empathy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cKeoni was instrumental in guiding us through our outreach to fire victims and community leaders,\u201d says the film\u2019s director, Xinyan Yu. \u201cKey characters like Uncle Ke\u2018eaumoku only answered our interview request after speaking to Keoni.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe approached the story with lots of patience and respect. Instead of pointing our camera at fire victims, we first spent a lot of time talking to them at shelters and on the beach,\u201d she continues. \u201cWe followed community leaders like Uncle Ke\u2018eaumoku and Lahaina Strong, and made sure we listened to their sides of the story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Back To The Burial Cave<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Yu and Alvarez are both graduates of Firelight Media, a nonprofit in New York that supports underrepresented minority filmmakers. There, talent are mentored by award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, whose works includes <i>The Murder of Emmett Till<\/i> and <i>Freedom Riders<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">But to understand how someone from the Big Island was able to connect a mainland documentary crew with the Maui community, we need to go back more than 30 years to 1990.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">That\u2019s when an 8-year-old Alvarez and his brothers discovered human remains in a cave near their home in P\u0101hoa. These remains would be identified as iwi k\u016bpuna, and for the next decade, Alvarez says, he and his family made sure the cave was left undisturbed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Although he is Native Hawaiian, he hadn\u2019t grown up speaking Hawaiian or learning traditional Hawaiian customs and rituals. Still, he always knew the cave was kapu, or sacred.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">So, when a \u201cfor sale\u201d sign appeared on the property in 2000, alarm bells went off in his head. He notified authorities. That\u2019s when he found out there were no records of the iwi k\u016bpuna, even though he says his family had reported it and an archaeologist had confirmed it all those years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI had to start from scratch again and really quick,\u201d he recalls.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The P\u0101hoa High &amp; Intermediate School graduate was already filming community events for N\u0101 Leo \u2018O Hawai\u2018i, the public access television station on the Big Island. In 2001, he began documenting his fight to preserve the burial cave. This marked the start of what would become <i>KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials<\/i>, his two-hour-long documentary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt was very much a personal journey,\u201d Alvarez says of <i>KAPU<\/i>, which was screened at the 2022 Hawai\u2018i International Film Festival and aired on PBS Hawai\u2018i in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In the film, he takes viewers along as he re-connects with his Native Hawaiian culture and lineage. His mother, Aileen Alvarez \u2014 who he refers to as his p\u014dhaku, or rock, because of the unwavering support she has shown him \u2014 guides him to cemeteries where his<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>ancestors are buried. He searches through archives to reveal their photos. He even traces his ancestral roots back to the same area where the burial cave was located.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Eventually, he is deemed a cultural descendant of the iwi k\u016bpuna in the cave.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">But Alvarez doesn\u2019t stop with his own journey. He delves into historic laws pertaining to Hawaiian burials and speaks to Native Hawaiian elders who share their na\u2018auao, or wisdom, about traditional burial practices.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t know that there was so many different ways of (doing) burials,\u201d Alvarez says. \u201cAnd it was practical to where they lived. Here on Hawai\u2018i island, there\u2019s no sand, there\u2019s no dirt, so they buried above ground or in caves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThe people that I learned from were people who actually did burials. I\u2019m first-hand being told they did this for their family member. That\u2019s what made it more personal to me, like wow, we\u2019re talking about real things that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">He notes that these interviews were conducted over decades \u2014&nbsp;the film took him 20 years to produce. He even traveled to Kaua\u2018i and Maui, where he met others fighting to preserve iwi k\u016bpuna in their communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cWhen I made the commitment to the people who were being interviewed, I told them that I would finish this film,\u201d he says. \u201cEven though they didn\u2019t see me every day, I saw them every day because I\u2019m editing or trying to create this story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cThey were always on my mind. Even after they passed. And many of them passed away. But I still have their voices, I still have their images to tell and share their story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This is how he built a foundation of trust that would help the PBS <i>Frontline<\/i> team tell the story of the Maui wildfires.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Looking To The Future<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Today, Alvarez leads Hawaiian Burial Conservation, a nonprofit he started in December. He keeps watch over the burial cave he fought so long and hard to save, as well as another property with iwi k\u016bpuna that was donated to his care.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">In the end, beneficiaries of the individual who\u2019d bought the land with the burial cave had agreed to sell it to Alvarez. He plans to preserve it and the surrounding forest on the land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">One day, he hopes to run a cultural center to educate the community about Hawaiian burials in a space that supports preservation, cultural stewardship and continued learning.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">He realizes that his efforts shed light on cultural practices his ancestors had kept secret. Ancient Hawaiian burial rituals were sacred and highly personal. But in today\u2019s world, what was once held in reverence is in danger of being forgotten or lost to time. If the cultural knowledge is not passed on, Alvarez says, it risks being wiped out \u2014 like the burial cave itself almost was.&nbsp;He says his work reflects a careful balance between honoring kapu and recognizing that many in contemporary society must learn what was once understood naturally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">For now, he\u2019s looking for volunteers to help him take care of the burial sites under his stewardship, and for ways to build a solid foundation for Hawaiian Burial Conservation. He\u2019s also finishing another film. This one, <i>Resting In The Sands<\/i>, focuses on sand burials on Maui.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIt happened for a reason,\u201d he says of his journey. \u201cI did what I did so I wouldn\u2019t have to have the next kanaka go through what I went through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">However, he hasn\u2019t forgotten the darker days of uncertainty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know how it was going to turn out,\u201d he says of the fate of the burial cave. \u201cI was just hoping my ancestors would pull through.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keoni Kealoha Alvarez is an artist, author, cultural practitioner, caretaker and award-winning filmmaker.&nbsp; The P\u0101hoa native was part of the..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":99903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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