Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

57 mins | Documentary | Dec. 31, 2005

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

57 mins | Documentary | Dec. 31, 2005

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
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.
Producers Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina
Original title Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
Directors Joan Lander, Puhipau
Writers Elizabeth Lindsey

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

Kahu o Terangi

as Himself

Pualani Kanahele

as Herself - Kumu Hula

Steve Hess

as Himself - USGS Biological Resources

Julie A.K. Leialoha

as Herself - Natural Area Specialist/Biologist

Deborah Ward

as Herself - Sierra Club

Moses Kealamakia

as Himself

Catherine Robbins

as Herself

Kekuhi Kanahele

as Herself

Sayako Kuroda

as Herself

Rose Tseng

as Herself - University of Hawai'i at Hilo

Kenneth Kumor

as Himself - NASA

Brad Finney

as Himself - Environmental Engineer

Maxine Kaha'ulelio

as Herself

Everett Franco

as Himself

Fred Chaffee

as Himself - W. M. Keck Observatory

Victoria Holt Takamine

as Herself - 'Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition

Rolf-Peter Kudritzki

as Himself - UH Institute for Astronomy

Tom Peek

as Himself

Anthony Ako

as Himself

Kapono Souza

as Himself

Pi'ilani Smith

as Herself

Hanalei Soli Niheu

as Himself

Mikahala Roy

as Herself

Peter Michaud

as Himself - Gemini Observatory

John Lee

as Himself - NASA

Charles Young

as Himself

Prince Andrew

as Himself

Roselyn Smith

as Herself

Tom Geballe

as Himself

Michael Vittorio

as Himself

Rita Colwell

as Herself

Dickie Nelson

as Himself