Hawaiian: the Legend of Eddie Aikau

1. The title of this film was picked because it was neither about Eddie Aikau or Hawaiian culture, but how the two subjects overlapped. Therefore, the writers needed to include both concepts in the title of the movie.
2. The angle of the film: Eddie Aikau, his career as a surfer, his identification as a Hawaiian, and his role in maintaining Hawaiian culture through family values, traditional surfing, and his voyage on the Hukalea represents the resilience and endurance of Hawaiian culture despite its erosion of foreign influence.
3. The film makers had to work around their audience's expectations to only see sports drama and show the deeper story of Eddie life.
4. If this had not been made by ESPN, the filmmakers would have put less emphasis on the surfing career and life of Eddie Aikau, and, as opposed to talking about how Eddie Aikau embodies Hawaiian identity, they use him more as a lens to see Hawaiian culture.