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Rock Bottom Riser

10 %|Sep 9, 2021|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Fern Silva
Screenplay
Fern Silva
Director
Fern Silva
Editor
Fern Silva
Producer
Fern Silva
Camera Operator
Sergei Tcherepnin
Music

Cast

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Nainoa Thompson
master navigator
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Moses Goods
Henry Opukahaia
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Rubellite Johnson
voiceover / historian
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Avi Loeb
astronomer
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Kalepa Baybayon
voiceover / master navigator
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Franck Marchis
voiceover / astronomer
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David Maille
voiceover / Hawaiian activist