![]() ![]() This last taxi dance is either a strange cry for help or a final happy moment in an otherwise forgotten life. Thank you for making it this far with us Thanks for the Feature, HONOLULU Magazine It was such a thrill to see our Writer/Director, cast, and crew highlighted in the May 2018 publication. As they move around the room, Mahea's Hawaiian values come into conflict with her own prejudices, as this soldier has no designs on living past tonight. Your contribution will help us to finish the film, Launching Last Taxi Dance into the wider world. ![]() With every step, Mahea puts colonialism on trial, defending the honor of her people against fetish and exoticism. Honolulu, 1945: A proud Hawaiian singer dances. This narrative short film is about the women who worked as Taxi Dancers in Hawaii's Chinatown during World War II, and the men who fell in love with them. With Danielle Zalopany, Max Holtz, Cyndi Mayo, Steff Kawasaki. ![]() Life isnt how to survive the storm, its about how to dance in the rain. Later, when the lights have come on, and the crowd has cleared out, Mahea sits alone on the stage, lost in thoughts about a simpler time - until a lone soldier returns holding unused dance tickets.Ī taut tête-à-tête follows on the ballroom floor as Mahea accepts the soldier's invitation to dance - only to indict the American way of life he serves. Last Taxi Dance: Directed by Brayden Yoder. She is a cat lover and has not been able to keep up for the last few years. Mahea sings atop a makeshift bandstand, full of masked contempt for the audience of the G.I.s below. In a ballroom called Paradise, in the aftermath of World War II, a proud Hawaiian singer dances with a returned American soldier and debates the dignity of the American dream. ![]()
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