Directed by Alika Maikau Tengan, the film is notable as a piece of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) cinema. It subverts typical tourism-based depictions of Hawaii, focusing instead on suburban domesticity, local radio culture, and the mundane realities of millennial life.
Below is an analysis of the film structured as an academic or formal "paper" overview. Every Day in Kaimuki
is a 2022 independent film directed by Alika Tengan and written by Tengan and Naz Kawakami. The film is a semi-autobiographical, "slice-of-life" story that follows Naz, a radio DJ in Oʻahu, Hawaii, as he prepares to move to New York City with his girlfriend. Directed by Alika Maikau Tengan, the film is
The Anchored Nomad: Displacement and Cultural Identity in Every Day in Kaimukī I. Abstract Directed by Alika Maikau Tengan