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E haku inoa [digital videodisc] = To weave a name / The Independent Television Service, Pacific Islanders in Communications and PBS Hawaii present a documentary by Christen Hepuakoa Marquez ; produced in partnership with Paradocs Productions and additional support by The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.

Los Angeles : Paradocs Productions LLC, 2013.

Marquez, Christen H.

Marquez, Elena.

Schizophrenics -- Hawaii -- Family relationships.

Names, Personal.

Identity (Psychology)

Hawaiians -- Ethnic identity.

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

"Filmmaker Christen Marquez's fiull name is Christen Hepuakoamanaʻaekapunokamalie-o-nonaliʻiemekahanohanoamauanaʻia Marquez. After nearly 20 years of living in the continental U.S. she returns to Hawaiʻi to learn the meaning of the name. In Hawaiʻi culture, parents don't give a name, they haku inoa. Haku means to weave, and inoa is the Hawaiian word for name. In traditional Hawaiian culture a name is considered a sacred extension of a person's identity... Marquez's mother Elena created her name and is the only person who knows its true meaning. But Elena was diagnosed with schizophrenia more than 20 years ago, and has a history of being physically abusive. Marquez's relationship with her mother suffered because of the illness, and her years away from the islands eroded her knowledge of Native Hawaiian culture... As Marquez doggedly pursues this piece of her identity, she reconnects with her mother and struggles through the fights and misunderstandings to unlock the mystery of her own name."--itvs website.

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