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Documentary on the HULA (2nd documentary from 18:35 minute) in the program Invitation au voyage, Arte by Antoine Laguerre in 2022. Antoine has directed more than thirty documentaries for TF1, France 3, France 5, Arte, Canal+, Discovery Channel, TV Globo, RFO, Paris Première, M6, Equidia, Escales and Voyage. This documentary traces the history and meaning of the Hula. Kilohana Silve, Kumu hula of HĀLAU HULA O MĀNOA, founded the very first traditional Hawaiian dance school in France in 1992, at the same time as the France-hawai'i association on which she depends. She is interviewed here in her native Mānoa Valley, where she now resides. Her daughter Moani'ala, Leilani Thill who is filmed in the documentary now manages the dance school and the association she runs with other haumana (Hula practitioners or students).