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Watch Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2005) Online

  • RUNTIME: 0h 57m
  • COUNTRIES: United States of America
  • Subtitles: English

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. Read More

Watch Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege online. Featuring Puhipau and Manu Aluli Meyer, Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 2005. Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege was directed by Puhipau,Joan Lander. Read Less