1. I believe that this story was entitled "Hawaiian, the Legend of Eddie Aikau" because Eddie really was a true Hawaiian, he was very connected with his family and loved the culture of his ancestors, and he tried to keep that passion alive through the medium of surfing.
2. The angle of this film is that Eddie fought to preserve the culture of his family and ancestors alive through surfing.
3. The content of this documentary is shaped by ESPN by their serious focus on Eddie's surfing career. ESPN was expecting it's audience to want to see action and sports, and that why so much was taken away from other aspects of his life.
4. If it had been made by the standpoint of PBS or the History channel, it would have been much less of a focus on his surfing career so much as his other accomplishments that made him a legend
6. If I were a documentarian focusing on Roosevelt's play in American Imperialism following McKinley's assassination in 1901. He had already had a heavy hand when McKinley was president, but progress was made under Roosevelt. If I were tasked with filming a documentary, it would be about that progress and how it got the US where it is today.
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