Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (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.

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  • Release Date: 2005-12-31
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Directors: Puhipau, Joan Lander.

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Cast

  • Puhipau

    Narrator (voice)

  • Manu Aluli Meyer

    Herself - Philosopher of Education

  • Keawe Vredenburg

    Himself

  • Sam 'Ohukani'ōhi'a Gon

    Himself - Conservation Biologist

  • Kealoha Pisciotta

    Herself - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou

  • Nelson Ho

    Himself - Sierra Club

  • Paul Neves

    Himself - Royal Order of Kamehameha

  • Hanalei Fergerstrom

    Himself

  • Reynolds Kamakawiwo'ole

    Himself

  • Kahu o Terangi

    Himself

  • Pualani Kanahele

    Herself - Kumu Hula

  • Steve Hess

    Himself - USGS Biological Resources

  • Julie A.K. Leialoha

    Herself - Natural Area Specialist/Biologist

  • Deborah Ward

    Herself - Sierra Club

  • Moses Kealamakia

    Himself

  • Catherine Robbins

    Herself

  • Kekuhi Kanahele

    Herself

  • Sayako Kuroda

    Herself

  • Rose Tseng

    Herself - University of Hawai'i at Hilo

  • Kenneth Kumor

    Himself - NASA

  • Brad Finney

    Himself - Environmental Engineer

  • Maxine Kaha'ulelio

    Herself

  • Everett Franco

    Himself

  • Fred Chaffee

    Himself - W. M. Keck Observatory

  • Victoria Holt Takamine

    Herself - 'Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition

  • Rolf-Peter Kudritzki

    Himself - UH Institute for Astronomy

  • Tom Peek

    Himself

  • Abraham Kamakawiwo'ole

    Himself

  • Anthony Ako

    Himself

  • Kapono Souza

    Himself

  • Clarence Kukauakahi Ching

    Himself

  • Pi'ilani Smith

    Herself

  • Hanalei Soli Niheu

    Himself

  • Mikahala Roy

    Herself

  • Peter Michaud

    Himself - Gemini Observatory

  • John Lee

    Himself - NASA

  • Charles Young

    Himself

  • Prince Andrew, Duke of York

    Himself

  • Roselyn Smith

    Herself

  • Tom Geballe

    Himself

  • Michael Vittorio

    Himself

  • Rita Colwell

    Herself

  • Dickie Nelson

    Himself

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