act_of_war_overthrow_video_snipThis movie is available (I'm not sure for how long) at the link below. It can be watched online, and is scheduled for viewing on local public TV at 3:00 PM on July 5. It describes, in great detail, about how the Kingdom of Hawai'i was overthrown.

http://67.53.63.195/external_schedule/simple_day_schedule/1#

A trailer may be viewed here.

Film notes (from http://www.itvs.org/films/act-of-war)

This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the U.S.S. Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a treasonous coup d'etat against the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili'uokalani. The event was described by U.S. President Grover Cleveland as "an act of war." Stylized re-enactments, archival photos and film, political cartoons, historic quotes, and presentations by Hawaiian scholars tell Hawaiian history through Hawaiian eyes.

Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation was broadcast on Hawai'i Public Television in 1993 during the centennial year of the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani, a landmark year in the Hawaiian movement for sovereignty and independence.

In that same year, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution admitting the illegal taking of Hawai'i and formally apologizing to the Hawaiian people.