Rock Bottom Riser

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Rock Bottom Riser (2021)

Directed by Fern Silva

Documentary · 1h 10m

From the earliest voyagers who navigated by starlight to the discovery of habitable planets by astronomers, Rock Bottom Riser examines the all-encompassing encounters of an island world at sea. As lava continues to flow from the earth’s core on the island of Hawaii—posing an imminent danger—a crisis mounts. Astronomers plan to build the world’s largest telescope on Hawaii’s most sacred and revered mountain, Mauna Kea. Based on ancient Polynesian navigation, the arrival of Christian missionaries, and the observatory’s ability to capture the origins of the universe, Rock Bottom Riser surveys the influence of settler colonialism, the search for intelligent life, and the discovery of new worlds as we peer into our own planet’s existence.

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Cast

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Nainoa Thompson Self - Master Navigator Moses Goods Henry Opukahaia
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Rubellite Johnson Self - Historian Avi Loeb Self - Astronomer
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Kalepa Baybayon Self - Master Navigator Dwayne Johnson Self
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Franck Marchis Self - Astronomer
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David Maille Self - Hawaiian Activist

Crew

Director
Fern Silva
Screenplay
Fern Silva
Editor
Fern Silva
Producer
Fern Silva

Details

Release date
2021-09-09
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America