Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege poster

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

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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.

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Released
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Language
English
  • telescope
  • indigenous
  • hawaii
  • mountain
  • pacific island
  • colonisation
  • sacred ground
  • cosmology
  • astronomy
  • observatory
  • environmental conservation
  • real estate development

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Premiere31 Dec 2005

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Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege was released on 31 December 2005.

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