Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

Puhipau
2005-12-31


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57 min

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

Name Character Team
Puhipau Narrator (voice) Unowned
Manu Aluli Meyer Herself - Philosopher of Education Unowned
Keawe Vredenburg Himself Unowned
Sam 'Ohukani'ōhi'a Gon Himself - Conservation Biologist Unowned
Kealoha Pisciotta Herself - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou Unowned
Nelson Ho Himself - Sierra Club Unowned
Paul Neves Himself - Royal Order of Kamehameha Unowned
Hanalei Fergerstrom Himself Unowned
Reynolds Kamakawiwo'ole Himself Unowned
Kahu o Terangi Himself Unowned
Pualani Kanahele Herself - Kumu Hula Unowned
Steve Hess Himself - USGS Biological Resources Unowned
Julie A.K. Leialoha Herself - Natural Area Specialist/Biologist Unowned
Deborah Ward Herself - Sierra Club Unowned
Moses Kealamakia Himself Unowned
Catherine Robbins Herself Unowned
Kekuhi Kanahele Herself Unowned
Sayako Kuroda Herself Unowned
Rose Tseng Herself - University of Hawai'i at Hilo Unowned
Kenneth Kumor Himself - NASA Unowned
Brad Finney Himself - Environmental Engineer Unowned
Maxine Kaha'ulelio Herself Unowned
Everett Franco Himself Unowned
Fred Chaffee Himself - W. M. Keck Observatory Unowned
Victoria Holt Takamine Herself - 'Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition Unowned
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki Himself - UH Institute for Astronomy Unowned
Tom Peek Himself Unowned
Abraham Kamakawiwo'ole Himself Unowned
Anthony Ako Himself Unowned
Kapono Souza Himself Unowned
Clarence Kukauakahi Ching Himself Unowned
Pi'ilani Smith Herself Unowned
Hanalei Soli Niheu Himself Unowned
Mikahala Roy Herself Unowned
Peter Michaud Himself - Gemini Observatory Unowned
John Lee Himself - NASA Unowned
Charles Young Himself Unowned
Prince Andrew, Duke of York Himself Unowned
Roselyn Smith Herself Unowned
Tom Geballe Himself Unowned
Michael Vittorio Himself Unowned
Rita Colwell Herself Unowned
Dickie Nelson Himself Unowned