Film

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

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0h 57m

2005

Synopsis

Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether its summit should be used for astronomical observatories or preserved as a cultural landscape sacred to the Hawaiian people. For five years the documentary production team Nā Maka o ka 'Āina ("the eyes of the land") captured on video the seasonal moods of Mauna Kea's unique 14,000-foot summit, the richly varied ecosystems that extend from sea level to alpine zone, the legends and stories that reveal the mountain's geologic and cultural history, and the political turbulence surrounding the efforts to protect the most significant temple in the islands: the mountain itself.

Director

Puhipau

Joan Lander

Trailer

Documentary

telescopeindigenoushawaiimountainpacific islandcolonisationsacred groundcosmologyastronomyobservatoryenvironmental conservationreal estate development

Cast & Crew

Puhipau

as Narrator (voice)

Manu Aluli Meyer

as Herself - Philosopher of Education

Keawe Vredenburg

as Himself

Sam 'Ohukani'ōhi'a Gon

as Himself - Conservation Biologist

Kealoha Pisciotta

as Herself - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou

Nelson Ho

as Himself - Sierra Club

Paul Neves

as Himself - Royal Order of Kamehameha

Hanalei Fergerstrom

as Himself

Reynolds Kamakawiwo'ole

as Himself

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