Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2005)
Overview
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.
What is Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege about?
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. Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege is a Documentary movie, released on 2005-12-31, runtime 57 minutes.
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Directed by
Joan Lander, Puhipau
Cast
- 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
- Kahu o Terangi as Himself
- Pualani Kanahele as Herself - Kumu Hula
- Steve Hess as Himself - USGS Biological Resources
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