Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

The story

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

P PuhipauNarrator (voice) M Manu Aluli MeyerHerself - Philosopher of Education K Keawe VredenburgHimself S Sam 'Ohukani'ōhi'a GonHimself - Conservation Biologist K Kealoha PisciottaHerself - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou N Nelson HoHimself - Sierra Club P Paul NevesHimself - Royal Order of Kamehameha H Hanalei FergerstromHimself R Reynolds Kamakawiwo'oleHimself K Kahu o TerangiHimself P Pualani KanaheleHerself - Kumu Hula S Steve HessHimself - USGS Biological Resources

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J Julie A.K. LeialohaHerself - Natural Area Specialist/Biologist D Deborah WardHerself - Sierra Club M Moses KealamakiaHimself C Catherine RobbinsHerself K Kekuhi KanaheleHerself S Sayako KurodaHerself R Rose TsengHerself - University of Hawai'i at Hilo K Kenneth KumorHimself - NASA B Brad FinneyHimself - Environmental Engineer M Maxine Kaha'ulelioHerself E Everett FrancoHimself F Fred ChaffeeHimself - W. M. Keck Observatory V Victoria Holt TakamineHerself - 'Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition R Rolf-Peter KudritzkiHimself - UH Institute for Astronomy T Tom PeekHimself A Abraham Kamakawiwo'oleHimself A Anthony AkoHimself K Kapono SouzaHimself C Clarence Kukauakahi ChingHimself P Pi'ilani SmithHerself H Hanalei Soli NiheuHimself M Mikahala RoyHerself P Peter MichaudHimself - Gemini Observatory J John LeeHimself - NASA C Charles YoungHimself A Andrew Mountbatten WindsorHimself R Roselyn SmithHerself T Tom GeballeHimself M Michael VittorioHimself R Rita ColwellHerself D Dickie NelsonHimself