"Darkness in Paradise"

"Darkness in Paradise" is a feature film project based on the infamous Massie case of the 1930s, in which a navy officer's young wife, Thalia Massie, accused five local men of rape, even though they were in a different part of Honolulu at the time. One of the men, Joseph Kahahawai, was later kidnapped by Thalia's mother, husband and navy men. Kahahawai was shot and killed when he refused to confess, triggering arguably the most explosive trial ever seen in Honolulu, and featuring the last courtroom appearance by famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow.

This project is in development.