Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2005)

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

2005

Documentary

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.

Credits

Director

Joan Lander

Puhipau

Cast

Hanalei Fergerstrom as Himself

Kahu o Terangi as Himself

Kealoha Pisciotta as Herself - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou

Keawe Vredenburg as Himself

Manu Aluli Meyer as Herself - Philosopher of Education

Nelson Ho as Himself - Sierra Club

Paul Neves as Himself - Royal Order of Kamehameha