Island documentaries airing

HONOLULU — “Standing on Sacred Ground,” a four-part documentary series, eight years in the making, on indigenous struggles over sacred sites, has premiered in Hawaii on KHET and nationally on The PBS World Channel.

KHET in Honolulu broadcast the first two films in the series Saturday and willl broadcast the final two episodes on May 16. Also on May 16, KHET will broadcast “Islands of Sanctuary” at 9 p.m. followed by “Fire and Ice” at 10 p.m. The films will run on all three KHET channels: KHETDT, KHETOC and KMEB.