MAUNA KEA: TEMPLE UNDER SIEGE (2005)

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
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Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
Documentary
December 31, 2005
English
0h 57m
United States
Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina

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.

Cast & Characters

Puhipau

Narrator (voice)

Manu Aluli Meyer

Herself - Philosopher of Education

Sam 'Ohukani'ōhi'a Gon

Himself - Conservation Biologist

Kealoha Pisciotta

Herself - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou

Nelson Ho

Himself - Sierra Club

Paul Neves

Himself - Royal Order of Kamehameha

Pualani Kanahele

Herself - Kumu Hula

Steve Hess

Himself - USGS Biological Resources

Julie A.K. Leialoha

Herself - Natural Area Specialist/Biologist

Deborah Ward

Herself - Sierra Club

Rose Tseng

Herself - University of Hawai'i at Hilo

Kenneth Kumor

Himself - NASA

Brad Finney

Himself - Environmental Engineer

Fred Chaffee

Himself - W. M. Keck Observatory

Victoria Holt Takamine

Herself - 'Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition

Crew

Joan Lander

Director

Puhipau

Director

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