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LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) – With a red carpet rolled out, loved ones welcomed home Paul Venus and his wife Fiona during a private screening at Maui Mall theaters in Kahului last week. <\/p>\n

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Paul Venus premiered his film \u201cOne Year to Forever\u201d to family and friends which he describes as a \u201clifeumentary\u201d about his life and love for his hometown of Lahaina. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne Year to Forever is a love story about marriage, memory, and the realization that there\u2019s nothing quite like coming home to Maui,\u201d Venus said.<\/p>\n

Venus grew up in Lahaina. <\/p>\n

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His father, John Venus Jr., had a television station, MCTV Channel 7, that broadcast Lahaina news in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ran local sports, Lahainaluna football games, and Halloween was a really big event for Channel 7 back then,\u201d Venus said. \u201cWe did a live to tape show on Front Street.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Today, Venus is an award-winning television editor.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my dreams was always to work and live in Hollywood and make movies,\u201d he said. \u201cI got the opportunity to work for NBC Universal initially, where I worked for NBC Nightly News and the Today Show and then Dateline NBC, and then I went to work for CBS News.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul is now entering a new chapter of his life and created something personal that others could relate to.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitially, it was going to be an anniversary video for our wedding,\u201d said Venus. \u201cAs I thought about it more, it became something else, it became something bigger. That it is not only about our relationship and love for each other, but our love for the island and for the town of Lahaina, where I grew up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re engagement here, we\u2019re married here, we\u2019re first year here,\u201d his wife Fiona said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like my second hometown and I love here, like I love him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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They hope it shows the world how love for Lahaina will conquer all.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the film, click here.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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