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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.
December 31, 2005
Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina
43 people
Puhipau
Narrator (voice)
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Manu Aluli Meyer
Herself - Philosopher of Education
Acting
Keawe Vredenburg
Himself
Acting
Sam 'Ohukani'ōhi'a Gon
Himself - Conservation Biologist
Acting
Kealoha Pisciotta
Herself - Mauna Kea Anaina Hou
Acting
Nelson Ho
Himself - Sierra Club
Acting
Paul Neves
Himself - Royal Order of Kamehameha
Acting
Hanalei Fergerstrom
Himself
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Reynolds Kamakawiwo'ole
Himself
Acting
Kahu o Terangi
Himself
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Pualani Kanahele
Herself - Kumu Hula
Acting
Steve Hess
Himself - USGS Biological Resources
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