Paniolo O Hawaii Cowboys of the Far West (1998)

This award winning feature documentary film redefines our childhood notions of cowboys and indians and the Great American West In this beautifully crafted movie Cowboys are the Indians Hawaiis Paniolo preceded the American Cowboy but their story remains virtually unheralded in frontier history The film is a tribute to the men and women who learned much of their riding roping and saddle making from the great vaqueros of Alta California