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"Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege"

"Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege"Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege
(2006, 57 min.) US
Director: Puhipau (Native Hawaiian) and Joan Lander
English and Hawaiian with English subtitles.

This film explores the legends and beliefs that make the volcanic mountain Mauna Kea a vital part of Native Hawaiian cultural and political survival. Should the mountain's summit be used for astronomical observatories or preserved as a cultural landscape sacred to the Hawaiian people?

Image credit: Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege; Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege

2007 Pacific Island Programs, DC

2007 Pacific Island Programs, NYC

2006 Native American Film and Video Festival - New York premiere. Schedule at-a-glance

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