Kalaupapa Memories
Special | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Former Hawaiʻi Hansen’s Disease patients shared what it was like to leave their families.
In this special edition of Long Story Short, we recall our 2009 stay in the Kalaupapa community on Moloka‘i. Members of the dwindling population of former Hawai‘i Hansen’s Disease patients shared what it was like, many years ago, to leave their homes and families. Norbert Kaiama Palea, Elroy Makia Malo, Meli Watanuki and Clarence “Boogie” Kalihihiwa speak of isolation, loss, community & hope.
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Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i
Kalaupapa Memories
Special | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
In this special edition of Long Story Short, we recall our 2009 stay in the Kalaupapa community on Moloka‘i. Members of the dwindling population of former Hawai‘i Hansen’s Disease patients shared what it was like, many years ago, to leave their homes and families. Norbert Kaiama Palea, Elroy Makia Malo, Meli Watanuki and Clarence “Boogie” Kalihihiwa speak of isolation, loss, community & hope.
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Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i