"Go! Hula " is a film about ‘Female Awakening’.

This is a story about a brave woman, often subjected to domestic violence, and how she found real happiness through her participation of a Hula dance competition. Despite her husband''s gambling habit and violent behaviors She insists to stay on with her children. With endless pressure day in day out, she has long lost her desire to chase so many lifetime dreams. Then, she met some friendly dance mates and was invited to join the competition, hoping to win the first prize to pay for her son''s graduation trip. With so many help from her best friends as well as the spiritual influence from the Hula dance, she is on her way to a journey that is about to change her life all over. A minor misunderstanding, however, nearly broke up the team, but in the end their courage, perseverance and mutual trust prevailed. They became great partners again and after the competition went on to seek their new self and a brand new future together.

A story about female awakening, but it also seeks to explore personal breakthrough from unselfish friendship, group help, perseverance and sharing of individual successes (or hero''s journey).

This study tries to examine the film itself not only via feminism, three-act structure of Hollywood drama, the mythological archetype, Marslow''s hierarchy of needs, it also seeks to assess the execution of film style, aesthetics, pre-production, production, post-production and marketing.