In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu’s tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders. What unfolded in the following days and weeks was a racially-charged murder case that would make headlines across the nation, enrage Hawai’i's native population, and galvanize the island’s law enforcers and the nation’s social elite.
Length 55 minutes
Blair Brown | Siobhan C. Edmondson | Chance Gusukuma | Andrew T. Magoulick | Eric H. Mita | George Shishido | Roger Wilko | Nona Beamer | Charles Ka'aupu | Don McClellan