Production
Notes
Capturing the Old
With the New:
RED Digital
Cinema
"Kindy
Sproat: A Gift to the Heart" will be recorded with a
revolutionary new technology, the RED One Digital Cinema
Camera, an "Ultra-High-Definition" digital
camera, designed
as a replacement for traditional 35mm film
cameras. The RED
One camera has created quite a buzz with the indi (independent
film) cinema crowd since it was first announced in 2005.
Film Director, Peter
Jackson, said footage from the RED "looks like film - it has a
very attractive quality to the image - none of the "digital"
look I've seen with some other HD cameras." RED has broken
into mainstream Hollywood; it was used to film the summer
blockbuster, "Jumper," and the new Nicholas Cage feature,
"Knowing," was entirely shot in RED.
Director Steven Soderbergh has
shot several features with the RED One camera, and is very
enthusiastic about the camera, saying that "this is the camera
I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery
recorded onboard a camera light enough to hold with one
hand...RED is going to change everything."
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How To Make A
Donation
All
donations are gratefully accepted. The support of the
community and local corporations and organizations is vital to
make the vision of this film a reality.
MAHALO
Thank
you for your support.
YOUR DONATION IS TAX
DEDUCTIBLE.
To Donate By
Credit Card or PayPal online:
To Donate by
Check and Mail:
Please make your check payable to the
"North Kohala Community Resource Center."
VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE WRITE: "KINDY FILM" ON YOUR
CHECK.
Your donations by mail can be sent to:
North
Kohala Community Resource Center
P.O. Box 2
Hawi, HI
96719
North Kohala Community Resource Center, located
in Hawi, Hawaii, provides local support, bridges to funding
and education for projects that benefit the North Kohala
community. NKCRC is a 501(c)3 organization and can provide
receipts for donations.
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Special Thanks
to Cheri and Kindy Sproat for sharing their
stories, their music and their life with generosity
and
aloha
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| A Gathering of
Friends & Support
at
Ahu Pohaku Ho'omaluhia
Anna
and Kaniela Akaka
The
welcoming sanctuary of the soon-to-open Ahu
Pohaku Ho'omaluhia luxury retreat and spa nestled in
the forest overlooking dramatic cliffs in North Kohala
provided the setting for a spirited event to raise funds for
the Kindy Sproat documentary film.
Hosted by
the gracious Jeanne Sunderland and Robert Watkins, M.D.,
the highlight of the event was a "talk story" tribute to
Kindy by Kaniela (Danny) Akaka and a hula by his wife,
Anna, which Kaniela accompanied on his ukelele.
Mahalo to all for your
contributions.
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Seeking Additional
Funding for
Production
We Need Your Help
- Please Kokua
Lau Lima - many hands working
together
Producing a major documentary film is an
expensive operation. Keith Nealy Productions, in concert
with the North Kohala Community Resource Center (NKCRC),
is currently engaged in the process of grantwriting and
other activities and events to fund production of the
film. The NKCRC is the fiscal sponsor for the
project.
Individuals, foundations,
corporations and organizations are all invited
and urged to become part of
the production of this film through their
donations. This is an opportunity to
help preserve one vital link in the chain of
traditional Hawaiian culture and the
arts.
More...
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A'ohe hana nui ka
alu'ia
No
task is too big when done together.
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Invitation to
Corporate Sponsors
"This film was
made possible by...
Your
Company"
What is the value to your
organization of aligning with the perpetuation of the
Hawaiian culture? Of building cultural bridges between
diverse groups? Of being part of educational efforts
that encourage sustainable living? This film
represents an opportunity to protect one small but
precious piece of Hawaiian history... your contribution
is a gift to this generation... and the
generations to follow.
There are many ways
you can become a sponsor: from "In Kind" donations
(donating services and supplies), to
hosting activities or events, to cash
donations. As a sponsored project of the North Kohala
Community Resource Center, a
501(c)3, donations to the film are tax deductible.
Your company will be included in the credits for a
film which is planned for national broadcast
and distribution as well as for educational
outreach.
If you would like to
explore the possibilities for your business or
organization to become a sponsor of "Kindy Sproat: A
Gift to the Heart", please contact Sharon
Hayden by email at sharon@kohalapacificrealty.com or call (808) 889-0169 or
Sara Nealy at (808) 882-7772 or
by email at saraloha@aloha.net.
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Interest in Film from
PBS
"...As we consider cultural
preservation among the more important aspect of the work
we do at PBS Hawaii, we are very interested in airing
this project, once it is completed. Of course this is
with the understanding that the finished program must be
reviewed for technical standards set forth by the FCC
and for our own aesthetic standards.
Knowing the work of Keith Nealy
Productions, there should be no problem in either case.
Let me know if there is anything I can do to move this
project forward. Timing is everything. Best of luck to
you."
Ed McNulty
Former
Vice President,
Programming
PBS Hawaii
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Sustainability - Old "New "
Ways
Mountain Apples and Other
Delights
Kindy
and Cheri Sproat with Sara and Keith Nealy
Cheri Sproat introduced Sara Nealy
to her first mountain apple almost 10 years ago, an
experience which remains lodged in Sara's
happy memories. Life in Kohala is filled with
such delights - fruits like lilikoi,
banana, pineapple, guava and rambutan, and staples
like kalo (taro) and 'ulu (breadfruit) - delicacies
such as fiddlehead ferns, known in Hawai'i as
ho'i'o - among the many other wild and cultivated
foods that thrive in the region. Add to that the
cornucopia from the sea, and you begin to realize that
life here could be - and indeed was - very sustainable,
even without the convenience of stores.
Within Kindy's many stories of
how things were done in the "old days" are detailed
descriptions of methods used for everything from using a
"kilimania" (a crockpot used with fat layered
between the food being preserved) for storage without
refrigeration to the many cooking methods that
didn't rely on modern utilities.
Sustainability is more than a buzz
word in Kohala; it was a system of cooperative planning
and resource management, respect for the 'aina, and in
the old Hawaiian way, a whole lot of
aloha.
"Ask the old-timers, they know,"
Kindy says with a twinkle in his eye. Perhaps looking to
the past to learn for the future is an idea whose time
has come.
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Kindy Quotes
"Pa'a ka
waha, nana ka maka,
Shut the mouth, observe with the eyes,
and work with the hands.
(One learns by listening, observing and
doing)
Kindy as a child,
top left, with some of his siblings and his father,
Bill Sproat, at the cabin in Honokane 'Iki,
in North Kohala, circa 1935
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| Seeking Additional Funding
for Production
(continued from
above)
The documentary "Kindy
Sproat: A Gift to the Heart" is a film about
legendary musician and talk story performer Clyde
"Kindy" Halema'uma'u Sproat, and is designed to create
understanding and appreciation of a unique legacy.
This documentary film is
designed to be broadcast on national public television,
screened at culturally based events in the Hawaiian
Islands, shown internationally at film festivals, and
along with an accompanying Teacher's Guide to the
Film, be used for programs of study and educational
outreach.
Click here for donation and sponsorship
information or contact us for more
information.
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Upcoming
Events
August 30-September 30,
2008 - Hawaii Island Festival 2008 This
month-long celebration features dozens of events at venues
around the Big Island celebrating all facets of Hawaiian
culture: hula and music, traditional arts and foods and
history along with parades, block parties, and special
observances. This is an extraordinary island-wide festival.
Call (800) 852-7690 or visit www.alohafestivals.com.
September 6, 2008 - Kindy Sproat Falsetto &
Storytelling Contest, A Hawai'i Island
Festivals (formerly the Aloha Festivals) event. Waikoloa
Marriott Resort.
Tentatively scheduled for September 13, 2008 - Twilight at Kalahuipua'a with
Danny Akaka ~ Eva Parker Woods Cottage, Mauna Lani Resort
- 5:30 pm. Hawai'i Island.
September 28, 2008 - Queen
Lili'uokalani Festival for the last reigning monarch
of Hawaii. It is held in the Queen's historical namesake,
Japanese-style gardens in central Hilo. Hula performances by
worldwide hula halau (schools). 10am-4pm. Call (808) 961-8706.
Hawai'i Island.
October 4, 2008 - 24th Annual Kohala Country Fair - Malama i ka 'Āina (Caring for the land) -
under the banyan trees in Hawi - 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. Hawai'i
Island.
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 Keith
Nealy Productions,
LLC
Ideas Making Waves
P.O. Box
190563
Hawi, HI
96719-0541
Studio (808) 882-7772
Mobile (808) 987-8098 or
987-8093
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MAHALO ~ THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS
FILM
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