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"We Intend to Eat Pork | Hawaii: Rise" is an educational documentary by digital historian Knowing Better that explores the rapid transformation of the Kingdom of Hawaii in the 19th century. The film highlights how Native Hawaiian leaders led by Queen Kaʻahumanu actively chose to dismantle their own strict religious legal system (Kapu) to modernize their society and protect their sovereignty. Rather than framing Hawaii's history as a story of passive colonization, the documentary emphasizes indigenous agency, showing how a literate, recognized constitutional monarchy successfully rose before its eventual overthrow by American interests.
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00:10Nice.
00:22Okay, it still works.
00:23That's why it took me so long to do this.
00:25I want to take a second to say
00:27Free Palestine, Free Congo, Free Sudan, Free Yemen, Free Hawaii, Free Guam.
00:32Free Hawaii? From what?
00:37You better let me out of here before I give you one false crack.
00:40I just built this closet. There's no way...
00:42Who are you?
00:44I'm Uncle Trinobeta.
00:50Oh, hell no.
00:51He had a character that looked and sounded like you and he didn't get cancelled?
00:54Well, he did get cancelled, but not because of me.
00:57Yeah, yeah, everyone knows about that one. Hold on a second.
01:00Hey, what you doing?
01:01I'm getting rid of that ticking time bomb on my channel.
01:04What, so you just gonna race me?
01:06Oh my, it was only 20 minutes long. What?
01:09No.
01:09So now you have no Hawaii video.
01:12Ain't got no respect for the Aina.
01:14Fine, I'll make a new one.
01:15I could probably do a way better job now anyway.
01:18Ah, so you make one new deep dive.
01:19Nah, man. I'll make three.
01:21What? That's gonna take you forever.
01:23No, it won't.
01:24Part one's already on Patreon.

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