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Just a Princess Once Again: Kaʻiulani film fails to impress critics

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Posted in Ka Mo‘omeheu Hawai‘i / Hawaiian Culture, Kiʻi Onioni / Film, Ma Hawaiʻi Nei / In Hawaiʻi, Ma waho aku o Kaila Hawai`i / Outside Websources

When British director’s Marc Forby’s period piece (loosely) based on the life of Ke Kamāliʻi Wahine Victoria Kawēkiu Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kaʻiulani made its debut at the Honolulu International Film Festival last fall, much of the public controversy swirled around the name then chosen for the film, Barbarian Princess.
When questioned publically about name, Forby said, as [...]