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‘August at Akiko’s’ Calmly Reflects on Hawai‘i’s Colonial Trauma
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CJ Sheu
Trauma and dispossession are at the heart of ‘August at Akiko’s’. But a soaring jazz score and sweeping cinematography suggest new directions and the possibility of moving on.