The film by Sergio and Elena Rapu debuts on Independent Lens | PBS on Monday, May 25, at 10:00 p.m. EST on over 500 PBS stations. Please check the independent Lens Facebook page or PBS website for your local details. (Example: in the SoCal/Los Angeles area it will air on Wednesday, May 27.)
Stories of Native Rapa Nui Portray Intergenerational Efforts to Preserve Easter Island’s Culture and Environment in the Face of Rapid Modernization and Globalization
(San Francisco, CA) Monday, April, 20, 2020 — More than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Directed by native Rapa Nui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu, the poignant new documentary Eating Up Easter explores the challenges his people are facing, and the intergenerational fight to preserve their culture and a beloved environment against a backdrop of a modernizing society and a booming tourism trade.
September 5, 2019 – MALIBU, Calif., U.S. – Plastic Oceans International, a nonprofit organization working to end global plastic pollution, today announced that PBS will air its film, Eating Up Easter, on the television show, Independent Lens, May 25, 2020.