TROUBLED PARADISE Asian Cinema

Troubled Paradise takes us to a Hawaii that few tourists will ever see. This beautifully filmed documentary sensitively examines the social and political problems lacing Hawaii’s indigenous population through interviews with an incredibly diverse cross-section of the island’s inhabitants. At the same time, we get to experience the richness of Hawaiian culture through some of the island’s best dancers and musicians. -Pearl Fisher Shown with Do You Take This Man: Pakistani Arranged Marriages (USA, 23 min.), documentarian Elise Fried’s intimate and humorous exploration of the thriving custom of arranged marriages in Los Angeles.