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Eating Up Easter at CAAMFest

05/10/2019 @ 5:20 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

Mama Piru.

Director Sergio M. Rapu to Attend.

Native Rapa Nui (known as Easter Island to outsiders) filmmaker Sergio Mata‘u Rapu’s deeply personal documentary is assembled as a message in a bottle to his young son, Koa, whose birth graces the film’s opening moments. Koa means joy, but is also the name of the tree their Polynesian ancestors used to build canoes and sail across the Pacific. Rapa Nui was likely the last Pacific island settled by Polynesians and is best known for its iconic mo‘ai, the enormous, awe-inspiring, large-headed statues embodying the spiritual power of ancient chieftains. Those mo‘ai have witnessed enormous change and trauma: first contacts with outsiders, colonization, and now, increasingly, ecological damage from a booming tourist economy and trash floating onshore from the massive Pacific garbage gyre.

Rapu follows stalwart indigenous defenders of the island’s environment and culture as they seek to save their precious home with leadership, responsible development, and a sustainably built music school. Theirs is an uphill battle — but under the mo‘ai’s approving gaze, they create hope. — Ravi Chandra

Expected attendee: Sergio M. Rapu (Director/Producer) 

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Date:
05/10/2019
Time:
5:20 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
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Website:
https://caamfest.com/2019/movies/eating-up-easter/

Venue

New People CInema
1746 Post St.
San Francisco, CA United States
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