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This Week in TGIF: ‘Hold These Truths’

A Japanese-American fights for his rights in ‘Hold These Truths’

Even if you’ve never heard the story of Gordon Hirabayashi, you probably know what he stands for. It’s in the U.S. Declaration of Independence, right at the beginning, where the nation’s founding fathers wrote that all Americans are created equal.

• Honolulu’s African American Film Festival offers exciting array of movies
• Hawaii Opera Theatre’s staging of ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’ tests singers’ skills
• Do It! ‘King Hedley II,’ Breathe Concert, Holomua ka No’eau concert and RAW
• Pau Hana Patrol: Round Table Pizza in Waikiki offers a change from Chinatown
• Quick Bites: Lotus Honolulu hosts top chefs for two weekends of meals
• Out ‘N’ About: Great Aloha Run, Third Fridays Kaimuki, Mystery Dinner Theatre and more
• Best of Our Web: Pow Wow Hawai’i, ‘Love Your Ocean,’ ‘Going to the Grammys’ and more
• At the Movies: ‘Escape from Planet Earth,’ ‘Amour,’ ‘A Royal Affair’ and more
• To Do! Los Lonely Boys, Lea Salonga, Santana and more