Just in time for the Merrie Monarch Festival, The Palace Theater will host the premiere showing of Chameleon Productions’ film, “Nona Beamer: A Legacy of Aloha,” at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Just in time for the Merrie Monarch Festival, The
Just in time for the Merrie Monarch Festival, The Palace Theater will host the premiere showing of Chameleon Productions’ film, “Nona Beamer: A Legacy of Aloha,” at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
This feature-length documentary, filmed and edited by local director Linda Kane, offers a portrait of Aunty Nona Beamer shaped by some of the many people whose lives were influenced by her.
Through stories, songs and hula — and through her students, friends and colleagues — a picture emerges of an amazing woman shaped by a turbulent time.
The film features Gordean Bailey, Kaliko Beamer-Trapp, Puna Kalama Dawson, David Kawika Eyre, Nathan Kalama, Caren Loebel-Fried, Jerry Santos, Kaleo Trinidad and Penny Vredenburg.
Tickets are $7 general, $6 seniors and students, $5 for Palace “Stars.” Tickets are on sale at the Palace Box Office from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays. Call 934-7010 to purchase tickets by phone with a credit card during box office hours. The theater is at 38 Haili St. in downtown Hilo.