Please pass the word on the ‘Oiwi Film Festival 2016 on Oahu
Friday, April 22nd, 2016Please pass the word on the ‘Oiwi Film Festival 2016 on Oahu.
Here is the link to the ‘Ōiwi Film Festival 2016 lineup:
http://honolulumuseum.org/15677-iwi_film_festival_2016
Malu ‘Aina places Special emphasis on the film:
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
Sunday May 08
1PM
http://www.honolulumuseum.org/events/films/15670-mauna_kea_temple_under_seige
Directed by Puhipau and Joan Lander
2005. 57 min.
A decade before Mauna Kea was the scene of protests against the development of a 30-meter telescope, Puhipau and Joan Lander turned their cameras on the volcano. For five years, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina captured on video the seasonal moods of Mauna Kea’s unique 14,000-foot summit environment, 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 efforts to protect the most significant temple in the islands, the mountain itself.
Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege paints a portrait of a mountain that has become a symbol of the Hawaiian struggle for physical, cultural and political survival. The program explores conflicting forces as they play themselves out in a contemporary island society where cultures collide daily.
Featuring Aka Mahi, Pualani Kanahele, Kealoha Pisciotta, Paul Neves, Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer, Keawe Vredenburg, Sam Gon III, Julie Leialoha, Kahu o Terangi, Kapono Souza, Clarence Kukauakahi Ching, Debbie Ward and Nelson Ho.
See the trailer.
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