Lush scenery and gorgeous photography highlight this bio of Princess Ka’iulani (Q’Orianka Kilcher), a 19th-century Hawaiian princess raised in England but determined to maintain her people’s independence from aggressive American businessmen. After being sent to England as a child by her Scottish father, Ka’iulani returns to Hawaii and becomes a political activist who fights to retain her throne, even though she must leave her English paramour.
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