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January 1-4, 2020 Waimea, Mauna Kea Resort + Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i January 5-8, 2020 Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Sponsors Contents + About Our Area

inner circle sponsors Contents 4 About the Festival

5 Letter from the Director

8 Host Venues and Map

10 Films

38 Waimea Schedule

42 Waimea Breakfast Talks

46 Four Seasons Schedule

48 Four Seasons Breakfast Talks

50 Guest Speakers and Presentations

84 Artwork and Exhibits

media and local sponsors Artwork by Christian Enns 90 Thank You to Our Contributors

BIG ISLAND About Our Area TRAVELER The Island of Hawai‘i, known as The the world, inhabit these reefs, along Big Island to avoid confusion with the with Hawaiian Hawksbill turtles, state, was formed by five volcanoes to octopus, eel and smaller reef sharks. became one land mass. The still active Spinner dolphins come to rest in Kīlauea sits at the heart of Hawai‘i shallow bays during the day, before Volcanoes National Park, while Mauna returning to deeper water to hunt at Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualālai rise about night. Humpback whales can be seen the Kohala and Kona coastline, where along the coast during winter, when stark lava fields meet turquoise waters the ocean fills with the sound of their and multihued sand beaches. The beautiful song. gentle slopes of the Kohala Mountains, The town of Waimea, also known as now volcanically extinct, provide the Kamuela, sits in the saddle between food and beverage sponsors backdrop to the town of Waimea and to the dry and green sides of the island, northern Hawi and Kapa‛au. nestled into the Kohala Mountains. The Kohala Coast is one of the driest The pastoral community is known as regions in all of the Hawaiian Islands. much for the paniolo culture the town It is an area rich in both Hawaiian was built around, as for the rainbows history and sea life. Tropical fish, many that reflect the ever-shifting weather of which are found nowhere else in patterns between rain, mist and sun.

2 waimea ocean film festival experience. environment. culture. www.waimeaoceanfilm.org Festival Program 2020 3 About the Festival Letter About the Festival from the Director Welcome to the 2020 Waimea Ocean Film Festival. This year’s USING THE PROGRAM HOURS OF OPERATION AT FOUR All film screenings, presentations and SEASONS BALLROOM FOYER special events are listed by day and Saturday, Jan 4: 6 pm–8 pm festival offers an exciting lineup of award-winning films, venue in the festival schedule. Each Sunday, Jan 5: 9 am–9 pm dynamic guest speakers, special exhibits, important topics and Breakfast Talk location is presented, Monday, Jan 6: 9 am–9 pm inspiring stories. In honor of our 10th year, we are bringing along with its description, in the Tuesday, Jan 7: 9 am –9 pm shareback and the sharingfestival story.a number We hope of films you as enjoy! Festival Favorites – films Breakfast Talk section of the program. Wednesday, Jan 8: 9 am –9 pm we’ve heard about from you over the years and films that help Films are grouped with other films and/ or speakers into film blocks, as shown THEATRE ENTRY continuedThe festival to see began what through half of thatthe realization equation—climate of what thechange—would dual-impacts mean. of climate in the schedule. When filmmakers will Remember to wear your passes. Festival change and ocean acidification would mean for our children. Through 2019, we’ve be present for discussion after the film; volunteers will open doors for seating 15 and unusual weather patterns; more intensive and destructive storms; more extremes this is noted by “Q&A.” minutes prior to each show. The theatre What you would expect to see in a warming climate would be more unpredictable will be cleared between screenings. FESTIVAL HOSPITALITY DESK in conditions; more unseasonable conditions; more and stronger hurricanes; more The Festival Hospitality Desk is located TBAS (TO BE ANNOUNCED) periods of flooding; more periods of drought; more periods of extreme heat; more in the lobby of the Kahilu Theatre A certain number of films will be periods of extreme cold; larger and more destructive fires; and, more wind. Ultimately, during the Waimea portion of the event. screened as TBAs. This allows for supply.this will result in difficulty sustaining agricultural production and an unpredictable The Festival Hospitality Desk is located adjustments in the schedule. The films water cycle, along with all things that would come with disruptions in food and water in the foyer of the Ballroom when the most requested to be re-screened again festival moves to Four Seasons Resort will be shown as TBAs, along with a theThe resulting perfect, human steady population amount of growth;carbon dioxidefrom a few(CO2) million in the individuals atmosphere then— over the Hualālai along with Hoku Amphitheater few films pending at publication. TBA past 10,000 years allowed for the development of agriculture and civilization, and during the evenings. Passes and schedules and special screenings will be programs are available for pickup at the posted at the Festival Hospitality Desk prompting early migrations outward—to seven billion now. This perfect amount of Festival Hospitality Desk starting 9 am-5 starting Friday, Jan 3. TBA schedules CO2 maintained a stable climate, with a degree of storm events and variation that was pm Dec 29 at Kahilu Theatre. Passes will also be posted simultaneously on- largely manageable, around which we could plan, and through which we could rely on may be purchased at the desk, along line and on Facebook. Please let our agriculture as a basis for our subsistence, our economy and our way of life. with water bottles, cups, coffee mugs theatre volunteers know if you have a By disrupting this stable climate system, we are changing the predictable patterns of and tumblers. The Festival Hospitality TBA request! rainfall and climate we have relied on to grow food, for reliable sources of fresh water Desk is available to answer questions and for a sense of security in the places we live. The implications for the economy, let and provide additional information as THE PASS SYSTEM alone our lives, are profound. the festival progresses. The pass system enables the festival to To understand global warming—and resulting climate change—it is important to organize a dynamic event that includes understand that approximately one-third of the CO2 we release through combustion FESTIVAL HOSPITALITY DESK films, speakers, presentations, Breakfast enters the atmosphere; approximately one-third is absorbed by the ocean; and HOURS OF OPERATION AT Talks and other activities, plus allows approximately one-third is taken up by trees. Every molecule of CO2, or other KAHILU THEATRE for rich and complex content, with one greenhouse gas we add to the atmosphere, re-radiates heat back to earth. You Sunday, Dec 29: 11 am–4 pm aspect woven together with the next. might envision each molecule of CO2 as a ping-pong paddle. With more CO2 in the Monday, Dec 30: 9 am–5 pm Remaining seats will be opened atmosphere re-radiating or bouncing heat back, both earth and ocean temperatures Tuesday, Dec 31: 9 am–3 pm for individual ticket purchase 15 ofare the warming, ocean to and change the climate at a rapid is changing. rate. Because increasing acidity dissolves the skeletal Wednesday, Jan 1: 9 am–9 pm minutes prior to each show. For more At the same time, the excess CO2 being absorbed by the ocean is causing the acidity Thursday, Jan 2: 9 am–9 pm information on passes, please speak Friday, Jan 3: 9 am–9 pm with the Hospitality Desk, visit the structures of organisms at the bottom of the food chain, this second threat—now Saturday, Jan 4: 9 am–5 pm website at www.waimeaoceanfilm. known as ocean acidification—could potentially have a devastating impact on the org, or contact the Festival Office at entire ocean ecosystem; just as we start to have trouble growing food on land. 808-854-6095. Unfortunately, at a time when we most need to be working together towards a common goal—we stand divided, polarized and manipulated from without and within.

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forgeIn the the absence way ahead. of political leadership on this issue—with leaders in both parties roadway systems and parking lots to parks, bike paths, open space, sidewalk cafes and working together to find balanced solutions, it may be left to businesses, and states, to real estate. It allows an area to retain a personal, small-town feel as it grows and a city women who gave or risked their lives in defense of the nation. These are individuals to retain its vibrant core. Through the years, we’ve shown films that have given homage to the brave men and Rail also brings significant tax payer savings relative to the tax payer burden of what we need to do to face climate change requires that we make a similar choice. In maintaining ever-expanding roadways—estimated at $4,500 per car per year in 1989 who chose, and continue to choose, to step into the line of fire on our behalf. None of dollars. It allows families to reduce the number of cars owned. Each car owned is estimated to be worth around $100,000 in mortgage; savings that can be put into the termsfact, everything of what it wewould could mean do to for address our daily climate lives. change is positive—positive for our purchase of a home. And, rail can run virtually free of carbon emissions and other economy, positive for our country, positive in terms of job creation and positive in pollutants. Electric cars, buses, machinery and trucks, including in-house fleets and machinery, will be an important part of the system. But, electric cars on their own do To tackle the problem quickly, it is helpful to note that nearly one-half of the energy not solve transportation, land use and carbon emissions issues; roadways themselves we consume in this country is actually used by buildings. The energy requirements of a are too carbon intensive to build and maintain. building can be reduced 70 to 80% simply through good design. Day-lit, well-designed Working to protect forests, and particularly remaining rainforest—and to re-plant buildings are pleasant and productive places to live and work plus have the added and re-forest where we can—will be crucial as we work on the rest, to help sequester benefit of lower energy bills. It is estimated that most buildings in the nation will need carbon. As will addressing issues in education and communication. to be re-built to some degree within the next 30 years, providing opportunities for importantOur democracy that we wasalso predicated tend to the on core the in understanding ensuring that allthat Americans a well-educated have access citizenry to retrofit; new buildings could be built to LEED standards. is fundamental to the functioning of a democracy. To resolve the larger issues, it is Solar and wind production present an opportunity on a global scale to fill in the rest. Big box and other roof top space could be utilized as primary solar energy production a good education, including a solid foundation in history, science and literature. In a sites; perhaps leased by utilities or municipalities to maintain the traditional grid. To worldSocial of mediaemerging further tech leavesand social to schools media, the the task importance of acting of as understanding counterweight history, and like speed implementation, utilities could own the panels they install, with residents still the lessons of Versailles, are perhaps more important now than ever before. usingpaying pumped a monthly water utility systems bill. This for storage.would allow utilities to bring additional power to the grid at a substantially lower cost than development of new generation plants; perhaps balance. By providing a solid education in core subjects—taught by educators— schools develop good listening habits along with the essential skill of learning how to Because solar is more efficient than extracting and processing coal or oil—and listen to and learn from teachers, mentors and others with experience. Schools also thus inherently less expensive once subsidies are internalized and economy of scale teach students how to learn about topics that are important—but not necessarily achieved—and because it is significantly simpler than building exorbitantly expensive of personal interest; to re-focus attention on the broader world outside of self and and problematic nuclear power plants; investment in solar will also yield long-term beyond the phone. And, to think. These are vital skills in the work place and in society, cost reductions for both rate and tax payer. rootedOur foundingthrough yearsfathers of alsostudy, understood and listening, the importanceat school. With of a these free press skills, to and a democracy. a solid Windmill manufacturing plants can be built in coal-mining towns, creating good, educational foundation, most of the rest can be learned on the job. above-ground jobs for these communities; or solar arrays built in denuded areas on warehouse rooftop space. Energy companies are perhaps best positioned overall to entrustedUntil 1979, with broadcast the task news and wasduty regulated of informing as a the service nation. to the American people. It could overjump half into of the which solar is race in the early, shipment to maximize of goods gains. and materials. Solving transportation beWe that live we in need a time to returnwhen itbroadcast is vital that news we tocome a not-for-profit together—like arm ‘The of the Greatest networks: issues—developingTransportation accounts good transportation for roughly 29 options percent and of energyreducing consumed transportation in this costs—nation,

Generation’ before us— to address the issues we face, both as they impact the ocean involves a shift to systems thinking with high-speed rail, light rail, transit, roadways and as we experience them on land. The issues we face are daunting, if we admit them. and bicycle and pedestrian systems integrated into a network. The opportunities within them are boundless. The obstacle is the way. To find our way A multi-modal transportation system based around rail is the most efficient—and through, we must work towards solutions, while we can. hence ultimately least expensive—transportation system to build and maintain. People Thank you to everyone who makes the festival possible. The films, speakers, talks love to walk, ride their bicycles and take the train. Communities with good multi-modal muchand exhibits as you throughoutcan. We hope the you festival enjoy. are not-to-be-missed. Many touch on important transportation systems tend to be highly desirable places to live and work. topics, while others are purely meant for inspiration and fun. Start early, to see as While adding rail to an existing high-density urban landscape is challenging—rather than building around a multi-modal system to start—doing so at any time saves TaniaMahalo Howard nui, resources in the end, given the efficiency in rail; that the same number of people can travel in one rail line as in eight-to-12 lanes of traffic. The implications of this are important to understand. This efficiency in rail allows a shift from ever-widening Founder and Director 6 waimea ocean film festival experience. environment. culture. www.waimeaoceanfilm.org Festival Program 2020 7 Host Venues Host Venues

HAWAI‘I PREPARATORY ACADEMY H Kohala Coast VENUES { not on map } Host Venues Mauna Kea Resort 62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Drive, Waimea, HI 96743 The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i WAIMEA fine millinery. Anna Ranch will host 1 North Kaniku Drive, Waimea, HI 96743 Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Kahilu Theatre morning Breakfast Talkstrebuchet 8:15- 9:15 am A historic, 490-seat theatre in the Jan 2 and Jan 3, with coffee and light 72-100 Ka‘upulehu Drive, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 ANNA RANCH center of Waimea town, Kahilu Theatre fare provided. hawaii PARKER SCHOOL THEATRE and Hilo will host the Festival’s Hospitality Waimea ‘a Desk and film screenings. Inquire at KOHALA COAST H To Mauna Kea Resort, Honoka The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i the Festival Hospitality Desk at Kahilu Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Theatre with questions. Breakfast Talks are scheduled at the Hawaii Preparatory Academy MaunaGates Kea Performing Beach Arts HotelCenter 8:15-9:15 am Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy (HPA) – Jan 2-4 in the Garden Room, with coffee (HPA) Starbuck’s Parker School Theatre | 65-1692 Kohala Mountain Road Gates Performing Arts Center and light65-1224 fareLindsey provided.Road A sunrise yoga The Gates Performing Arts Center (HPA class is available to Festival Pass holders na Kahilu Theatre Ko Gates) is a 360-seat theatre, located 7-8 ambehind Jan the Parker2-4 Ranchon the Center lawn at by the in the heart of the upper HPA campus, lu‘au grounds during this same period. 1 KAHILU THEATRE about two miles west of town. HPA Festival artist Christian Enns will paint Anna Ranch Heritage Center Gates will host film screenings and en plein air at the beach 8 am-11 am 65-1480 Kawaihae Road presentations. Jan 2-4 where attendees can observe as Enns works on a large-scaleAnna Ranch oil painting. Heritage Center Parker School Theatre The Fairmont Orchid Originally built in 1920 on Parker Ranch 1 North Kaniku Drive (not on map) The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‛i Turn right onto Mauna Lani Drive. as an entertainment center for ranch The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‛i hosts Proceed past the Guard House to the residents and workers, Parker Theatre film showings and presentations in its traffic circle and take the first right has been renovated over the decades Anna Ranch Heritage Center. Photo © Josh Fletcher own Lehua Theater, as well as exhibits to the Fairmont Orchid on North and seats 280. Still maintaining its and presentations in the adjoining Kaniku Drive. original charm, Parker Theatre is within downstairs ballrooms. walking distance of Kahilu Theatre. It is Stay on North Kaniku Drive until suggested attendees walk between Directions to the Fairmont Orchid, you reach the main entrance to the the two. Parker Theatre will host film 5 Hawai‛i from Waimea: Fairmont Orchid at the end of the screenings. drive, less than a mile. Valet and self- Drive approximately 11 miles down parking available. HPA ISAACS Anna Ranch Heritage Center ART CENTER Kawaihae Road (Highway 19), until Listed on both the National and State you reach the T-intersection on your FOUR SEASONS Registers of Historic Places, the ranch left, where the road heads to Kona. Four Seasons Resort Hualālai was purchased in 1848 by Englishman Turn left to continue on Highway 19. will host the Festival’s Hospitality Desk, James Fay and his Hawaiian wife You are now traveling south, parallel film screenings and presentations Ka‛ipukai, and was in the same ranching to the ocean on your right. Jan 4-8. Breakfast Talks are scheduled family for five generations. Visitors may upstairs at ‘Ulu Restaurant 8:30-9:30 am tour the spectacular and expansive Continue approximately seven miles, Jan 5-8, with coffee and pastries gardens as well as the 14-room, historic past the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel provided. Contact the Festival ranch house with a treasure trove of entrance, until you see the Mauna Hospitality Desk with questions. Hawaiian koa furnishings, artifacts and Lani Resort sign on your right before a tall coconut grove entry road.

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Seven Worlds, One Planet

“Adult king penguins must head out to sea to collect food for their chicks. I watched this group walk to these rocks, and then hesitate getting into the cold water for 10 minutes. Eventually one was pushed in.” —Fredi Devas/BBC

BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet presented by Sir David Attenborough, examines each of the seven continents and reveals how each distinct continent has shaped the unique animal life found there. The series celebrates the diversity of life on each continent, but also features the challenges faced by animals in a modern, human world. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. From huge colonies of king penguins, working tirelessly and in tandem to feed their chicks; to the large and stately emperor penguins; to fast-swimming gentoo penguins; to four-ton elephant seals; to fledgling albatross weathering a storm; to Weddell seals and their pups, Seven Worlds, One Planet: Antarctica shares A gentoo penguin gets ready to go out to sea. the story of life here in stunning detail. Photo Credit: Jonny Keeling. Photo © BBC America and BBC Studios

BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet: Antarctica Number of days filming: 236. Number of days to reach Bird Island: 11 days sailing through The Drake Passage, the roughest sea in the world, in a boat that was 54 feet long. Filming Locations and Species 1. McMurdo Station Antarctica: Weddell Seal. 2. St. Andrew‘s Bay, South Georgia: King Penguin. 3. St. Andrew‘s Bay, South Georgia: Elephant Seal. 4. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Humpback Whales and Krill Bait Ball. 5. South Georgia and Bird Island: Albatross. 6. Cierva Cove, Antarctica: Gentoo Penguin, Orca and Leopard Seal. 7. McMurdo Station, Antarctica: Under the Ice Narnia. 8. New Zealand Islands: Southern Right Whale. 9. Elephant Island, Antarctica: Peninsula Whale. Adult king penguins. Photo credit: Fredi Devas. Photo © BBC America and BBC Studios © BBC credit: Fredi Devas. Photo Adult king penguins. Photo

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Apollo 11: The Untold Story The Bat Man of Mexico Tom Whitter (UK, 52 min) Tom Mustill (UK, 60 min) Hawai‘i Premiere In person: Tom Mustill In person: Anthony Geffen Festival Favorites With his words “One small step for man, one giant Narrated by David Attenborough, The Bat Man of leap for mankind,” Neil Armstrong brought the Mexico follows Mexican biologist Dr. Rodrigo Medellin triumph of the first walk on the moon into the hearts as he tracks endangered “Tequila” bats on their and minds of people all over the world. With actual 1,000-mile migration to the U.S. border, where they footage and live interviews, Atlantic Production’s pollinate the tequila agave plants. Through his work, Apollo 11: The Untold Story brings the story behind- the bats become the first animal in Mexico to be the-scenes to life, including how narrowly the removed from the endangered species list. mission hung on a thread the entire journey back.

Around the World in 80 Days Behind the Lines Sven Harding (UK, South Africa, 94 min) Mikey Corker (UK, 40 min) USA Premiere Festival Favorites Cyclist Mark Beaumont set himself a new challenge— Commissioned as a six-part series for Epic TV, Behind to circumnavigate the globe in under 80 days on a the Lines follows British big wave surfer Andrew bicycle. Covering the 18,000-mile distance would Cotton during the historic 2013 season, when a require riding over 16 hours a day, day after day for succession of massive swells hit the European coast. over two-and-a-half months. It would mean cycling Mild-mannered, a lifeguard, a plumber by trade and through harsh conditions and continuing on through father, Andrew Cotton also chases the goal of setting sheer determination, via a route set to begin and a new world record for the biggest wave yet surfed. end at the Arc de Triomphe.

Audubon: John James Audubon and The Big Wave Project the Birds of America Tim Bonython (Australia, 98 min) Al Reinert (USA, 91 min) Festival Favorites Festival Favorites Following some of the world’s top big wave surfers, Audubon is the story of a rare man and the birds The Big Wave Project shares the history of the sport that captivated him. His work influenced the great as it develops through tow-in surfing to a return to thinkers and conservationists that came after the simple art of paddling into giant waves. The film him—from Thoreau to Teddy Roosevelt—and helped captures the moment as the largest swell season to preserve some of the wild lands he explored in 30 years arrives; and the world’s top big wave and documented. Audubon’s legacy is as timeless surfers paddle and tow-in to enormous waves. and vital as the art he created; art that provides a capsule in time of the natural world.

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The Birth of Saké Cowboys and Scientists Erik Shirai (USA, 93 min) Eric Bendick (USA, 8 min) Festival Favorites Hawai‘i Premiere With exquisite imagery, The Birth of Saké tells In person: Eric Bendick the story of making saké in the traditional way at Thirty years ago, a partnership between Archbold Yoshida Brewery—a 144-year-old family-owned, small Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch inspired a brewery in northern Japan. Here, a group of workers new mission in having cowboys and scientists work live and work for six months each year, under the together in the advancement of science on a 10,000- direction of the brew master and the brewery’s acre working cattle ranch. The collaboration has led sixth-generation heir, to uphold the 2,000-year-old to important discoveries and begun to reshape our tradition. With subtitles. conceptions about agriculture, sustainability and conservation.

Bob and Marion Danny Day Care Amanda Bluglass (UK, 5 min) Stu Thomson (UK, 4 min) USA Premiere In his latest film, Danny MacAskill offers to watch When Bob Luker decided to try his first distance his friends’ toddler, so they can enjoy a little time run after turning 40, he caught the running bug, as out. It’s not long before he has her out on a bit did his wife Marion. Half a lifetime later, they’ve of a bike ride. Filmmaker note: no children were run more marathons and ultrathons than they can involved in any stunts during the making of this film remember. “It’s the agony and the ecstasy,” reflects or with anything that didn’t involve being firmly on Marion. Bob calculates he’s run the equivalent of the ground. twice round the world at the equator. “I’m still running. Beat that!”

Chasing the Sublime Danny MacAskill’s Wee Day Out Amanda Bluglass (UK, 7 min) Stu Thomson (UK, 6 min) Hawai‘i Premiere Festival Favorites What drives us to get too cold and too tired, to Danny MacAskill’s Wee Day Out sets out as a simple battle with fear, in the name of adventure? With ride around the Scottish countryside. Just don’t these questions, Chasing the Sublime follows the try this at home. While humming a tune, MacAskill founders of The Outdoor Swimming Society, Kate performs jaw-dropping feats on a mountain bike, Rew and Kari Furre, in a poetic glimpse into the one after another in short succession. He leaps, pursuit of cold-water swimming in the icy lochs and hops, flips, hay-rides, rolls, waves, smiles and makes lakes of Britain. it back to the train on time—all on the big screen.

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David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Reef - Builders Mike deGruy Mike Davis, Anne Sommerfield (UK, 52 min) Mimi Armstrong deGruy (USA, 83 min) Festival Favorites Hawai‘i Premiere David Attenborough returns to his favorite place—the In person: Mimi Armstrong deGruy Great Barrier Reef. In vivid detail, he shares what is Water, and the ocean, provided a never- known about the creatures who live there—including ending source of inspiration for Mike deGruy. the tiny coral animals that form the reef and create A pioneering ocean explorer, Olympic diver, this vast and complex underwater structure. The ocean cinematographer and charismatic ocean reef provides a critical home and breeding ground spokesperson, deGruy brought unbridled joy and for thousands of species, making it vitally important excitement to his work. to the health of the ocean.

Disneynature’s Penguins Doug Tompkins: Wild Legacy Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wilson (USA, 76 min) James Q Martin, Chris Cresci (USA, 16 min) Disneynature’s Penguins is a coming-of-age story Hawai‘i Premiere about a very humorous Adélie penguin named Steve Douglas Tompkins was world-renown as adventurer, who follows a steady line of fellow males in the entrepreneur and conservationist. He was also icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable founder of The North Face—following a fabled nest, find a life partner and start a family. None of expedition to Patagonia with climbing partner Yvon it comes easily for him, not even building a nest, Chouinard—and cofounder of Esprit. Alongside wife especially when every other guy is happy to steal Kristine McDivitt, Tompkins helped protect 4.75 his rocks. million acres of natural landscape in Chile and Argentina including five new national parks.

Distance Between Dreams Duke Kahanamoku: Hawai‘i’s Soul Rob Bruce (USA, 62 min) Phil Arnone (USA, 48 min) Festival Favorites Festival Favorites Distance Between Dreams shares an inside look into In person: Phil Arnone the intense training program big wave surfer Ian Duke Kahanamoku: Hawai‘i’s Soul charts the life Walsh undergoes, along with other considerations of legendary waterman Duke Kahanamoku, as told involved in surfing a wave like Jaws. With huge through candid interviews with those who knew swells building, Walsh and brothers Shaun, D.K. and him. From his early life growing up in Waikiki, to his Luke work together to surf the next biggest wave— international renown as surfer and five-time Olympic by paddling in—along with John John Florence, Greg swimming medalist, to his official role as Ambassador Long and Shane Dorian. of Aloha, Duke continues to be an inspiration today.

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E2-London: The Price of Traffic Entre les Lignes/Between the Lines Tad Fettig (USA, 26 min) Thomas Guerrin and Pierre Cadot Festival Favorites (France, 28 min) Under the direction and leadership of visionary Hawai‘i Premiere former Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron, and utilizing the Entre les Lignes shares the story of Vivian Bruchez’s economic principles of demand management, the quest to find new lines in the Mont Blanc range City of London underwent a transformation during outside of Chamonix. With mountaineering and ski the 2000s, becoming a model of rail service, transit partners Kilian Jornet, Jonathan Charlet, Mathéo efficiency, pedestrian-friendly access and public Jacquemoud, Paul Bonhomme and Pierre Tardivel, space. It became, in short, a great city to live, work Vivian Bruchez seeks, and finds, one. Don’t look and play in. down from your seats! With subtitles.

E2-Portland: A Sense of Place Epic Yellowstone: Return of the Tad Fettig (USA, 26 min) Predators Festival Favorites Eric Bendick (USA, 51 min) For more than 40 years, City of Portland planners Hawai‘i Premiere focused transportation decisions around providing In person: Eric Bendick rail and transit options while maintaining an urban The reintroduction of wolves and recovery of grizzly growth boundary, becoming a model of transit- bears in Yellowstone National Park, two keystone oriented design. As a result, Portland is considered species, brought new life and balance to the one of the country’s most livable places and has the ecosystem; the landscape, trees and river basins second lowest per capita transportation spending of have returned to their former state. But, life is not the country’s 28 largest metro areas. easy here, as seen through the eyes of a lone wolf searching for a pack and a grizzly bear mother.

The Endless Winter II Finding Joe Matt Crocker, James Dean (UK, 94 min) Pat Takaya Solomon (USA, 80 min) Festival Favorites Festival Favorites The Endless Winter II follows British surf explorer Through a series of fascinating interviews with Mark Harris as he traces the classic European surf thinkers from Deepak Chopra to Laird Hamilton and trail from Cornwall to Morocco. The film shares Alan Cohen, Finding Joe delves into the work of the history of early pioneers who crafted Europe’s Joseph Campbell and navigates the stages of what annual winter pilgrimage across borders, while Campbell dubbed “The Hero’s Journey.” The film highlighting surfers making history now. Featuring illustrates how “The Hero’s Journey” provides a Kepa Acero, Kevin Naughton, Bill Hamilton, Greg narrative for how to live a fully realized life and why MacGillivray and Garrett McNamara. we are so drawn to the Hero’s story.

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Follow Through Going Vertical Adam Clark, Isaiah Branch-Boyle (USA, 22 min) Poppy Walker (Australia, 87 min) Festival Favorites Festival Favorites Since the age of 16, Caroline Gleich has been driven In 1967, Australia’s Bob McTavish unveiled the by the challenge put forth in The Chuting Gallery, first shortboard on the giant waves of the Duke which describes a set of 90 difficult and dangerous Kahanamoku Contest, forever changing the face of ski mountaineering lines in Utah’s Wasatch Range surfing. California shapers, however, always claimed that few have managed to complete. In setting out, the revolutionary design as their own. Going Vertical Gleich must not only overcome her own self-doubts, shares the story, from the world’s most famous but also negative input from random people in an surfing beaches, to the shaping rooms of these now e-connected and social media world. legendary board makers.

Frosty Great Bear Rainforest James ‘Q’ Martin (New Zealand/USA, 15 min) Ian McAllister (Canada, 43 min) Frosty shares an inside look and intimate portrait Hawai‘i Premiere of elite ultra-runner Anna Frost who holds titles In person: Ian McAllister to some of the most difficult races in running. For The stunningly shot IMAX film Great Bear Rainforest Frost, trail running is a gateway to connect with the brings viewers to a land of grizzly bears, coastal quiet of the natural world and with the community wolves, sea otters, humpback whales and the all- of ultra-runners she competes with. Now, as she white spirit bear — the world’s rarest bear. Found approaches motherhood, Frost takes a moment to on Canada’s remote Pacific coast, the Great Bear share a glimpse into her world. Rainforest is the last intact temperate rainforest in the world and one of the wildest places left on Earth.

GENERATiON ZAPPED The Great Hack Sabine El Gemayel (USA, 74 min) Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim (USA, 137 min) HAWAi‘i PREMiERE Having surpassed oil as the world’s most valuable Through interviews with doctors and researchers asset, personal data is being sought by everyone, slowly becoming aware of the mounting evidence— everywhere, by any means possible. The Great Hack given that no safety studies were ever conducted— looks into how data is gathered and used; in some Generation Zapped investigates the potential cases even weaponized, as a means to incite and dangers of radiation exposure from cell phones, manipulate cultural and political groups. Providing tablets and wi-fi. Even at 4G, when steps can be a look inside the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook taken to minimize exposure, this includes links to scandal, the film raises somber questions, beyond brain and other cancers, childhood disorders like any political agenda. AdHd and increased infertility and genetic mutation.

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The Great Route The Hula Within Maximilian Stolarow (UK, 11 min) Ari Bernstein (USA, 13 min) Hawai‘i Premiere In person: Ari Bernstein, Hālau O Po‘ohala Stand-up paddler Michael Walther travels with Festival Favorites filmmaker Maximilian Stolarow and photographer The Hula Within is a coming of age hula drama, Daniell Bohnhof to explore the hidden beauty of following the character of Līhau as she prepares Greenland´s remote west coast and understand how for an important hula competition by traveling climate change is affecting the high north. They from the ocean to the mountains, retracing the follow the ancient ‘Great Route’ traveled by Inuit for steps of her ancestors. The film features the 150- generations, meeting poet and story teller Valdemar year hula legacy of the Beamer Solomon Hālau O Petersen on the way. With subtitles. Po‘ohala, and the hālau’s lead dancer, Leiomalama Tamasese Solomon.

The Hidden Face of the Ocean Humpback Whales Sunfish Greg MacGillivray (USA, 40 min) Alexandra Bollet, Benoit Demarle Festival Favorites (France, 26 min) In person: Michele and Howard Hall USA Premiere Set in the waters of Alaska, Hawai‘i and Tonga, and The Hidden Face of the Ocean Sunfish tells the story with stunnning imagery, the IMAX film Humpback of the ocean sunfish, one of the giants of the sea. Whales provides an up-close look at how and why Emerging as a tiny egg, growing up to 2,200 pounds humpbacks communicate, sing, feed, breach, in size and capable of diving to depths of 2,000 play, take care of their young and migrate feet before basking in the sun, the ocean sunfish nearly 10,000 miles each year. Almost driven to is a marvel of the deep blue. This fun film uses extinction, humpbacks are making a slow, but animation and astonishing facts to bring the ocean remarkable recovery. sunfish to life.

Hōkūle‘a: Passing the Torch Humpback Whales: A Detective Story Phil Arnone (USA, 47 min) Tom Mustill (UK, 59 min) In person: Phil Arnone, Chadd Paishon Hawai‘i Premiere Festival Favorites In person: Tom Mustill In 2007, Hōkūle‘a delivers the canoe Alingano Maisu Tom Mustill has a unique relationship with whales. as a gift to navigator Mau Pialug in Satawal, the In 2015, a humpback whale breached and landed teacher who brought the knowledge of celestial on Mustill and a friend while they were in a kayak. navigation back to Hawai‘i. Navigators Nainoa The experience inspired a deep curiosity in Mustill. Thompson, Chadd Paishon, Bruce Blankenfeld, Chad With camera in hand, he set off to find his whale, to Baybayan and Shorty Bertelmann are honored as understand what happened and why. In the process, Master (Pwo) Navigators in an ancient ceremony he unearthed the degree to which whales are known as “Pwo,” before Hōkūle‘a sails on to Japan. threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and ship collisions.

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Ice and Palms Journey of the Whooping Crane Jochen Mesle, Max Kroneck, (Germany 32 min) Greg Pope, Rhett Turner (USA, 52 min) Hawai‘i Premiere Hawai‘i Premiere Skiers Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck attempt Standing five feet tall, with a wingspan of over their biggest ski tour to date; on a bicycle. They seven feet, Whooping Cranes migrate 2700 miles haul 110 pounds each—camping, skiing, cycling each way from their wintering grounds in Texas to and mountaineering gear, plus camera equipment— their summer breeding grounds in Canada. With 400 while pedaling and skiing through Germany, Austria, in the wild, the efforts of multiple agencies and Switzerland, Italy and France. Traveling over 1,000 organizations, employing novel ideas and techniques, miles with 11,500 feet of vertical gain on a 100% have been working to help bring this graceful and self-powered adventure, they arrive in Nice. With iconic bird back to the landscape. subtitles.

Into the Canyon Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure Pete McBride (USA, 84 min) Harvey Lilley (UK, 50 min) Hawai‘i Premiere Hawai‘i Premiere In 2016, filmmaker and photographer Pete McBride In person: Anthony Geffen and writer Kevin Fedarko set out on a 750-mile In Borneo, Judi Dench explores one of the oldest journey on foot through the entire length of the and most pristine rainforests in the world; jungle Grand Canyon. The challenge was more than they dating back 130 million years. She meets orangutans bargained for. Part meditation on the timeless in the wild, discovers that 30 percent of life in beauty of the place, their quest was more than just the rainforest exists high in its canopy and visits an endurance test—but a way to draw attention to orphaned sun bears. She also learns how the loss of the unprecedented threats now facing the canyon. rainforest for palm oil is having a devastating impact, on wildlife and the climate.

John McAvoy: The Ironman Set Free Jungle Book Bear Jonny Madderson and Jono Stevens Oiliver Goetzl (Germany, 59 min) (USA, 13 min) Hawai‘i Premiere In the family John McAvoy grew up in, crime was The role model for Baloo—Mowgli’s constant a way of life; he believed it was the life set out companion from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book—are for him. While in prison something happened that the sloth bears of India. Given its starring role in the changed McAvoy‘s mindset. WIth his release, and book and later on the big screen, surprisingly little is the words and encouragement of a prison guard known about this shy, nocturnal animal. Filmed over behind him, he started to train and compete for the a three-year period, and capturing never-before- Ironman; his life forever transformed. seen behavior, Jungle Book Bear shares the story and adventures of a real, live Baloo.

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Just One Step The Last Ocean Benjamin Keller (USA, 83 min) Peter Young (New Zealand, 83 min) Hawai‘i Premiere Festival Favorites Just One Step asks the questions: why is it, exactly, The Ross Sea, Antarctica, sits in the most pristine that we run? And why are there so many people out stretch of ocean on Earth. Largely untouched by there running? Featuring interviews with scientists, humans, it is one of the last places where the doctors and elite runners, this fascinating and delicate balance of nature prevails; a vast, frozen fun film looks at how running may be genetically landscape that teems with life. The film asks the encoded in our being, how higher brain functions question of whether we will protect this area as a may be a result of the act of running and how world resource while we can. running aids in memory and learning.

Las Olas Sin Fronteras/ Le Chéile Transcending Waves Kevin L Smith (Ireland, 5 min) Julián and Joaquín Azulay, Fernando Salem Hawai‘i Premiere (Argentina, 74 min) Filmed in Lahinch, Ireland and set to the music Big Island Premiere of “Liscannor Bay” while recorded live in the local The Gauchos del Mar brothers explore the Falkland pub, Le Chéile provides a poetic glimpse into life Islands—an archipelago comprising 700 islands—with and surfing in this small Irish town. The film features the hope of building bridges between the people of local surfer Ollie O’Flaherty, his friends, the Cliffs of Argentina and the Falkland islanders, through the Moher that rise from the edge of Liscannor Bay—and common bond of surfing; a relationship shattered Aileens, the legendary big wave surf break. by the 1982 war. In a quest to find the two brothers there who also surf, they explore, search for waves and immerse in the culture. With subtitles.

Last Man Fishing Maiden JD Schuyler (USA, 64 min) Alex Holmes (UK, 97 min) Hawai‘i Premiere In 1989, the idea of a female on board as crew of Last Man Fishing looks at the dichotomy between any vessel in the Whitbread Round the World Race— industrial fishing and sustainable fishing methods let alone a competitive all-female sailboat crew— along with current changes in the seafood system. was inconceivable in the male-dominated world of The film focuses on the connection between open-ocean yacht racing. Without proper funding small-scale local fishermen, conservation, resource and scant resources, Tracy Edwards manages to buy management and fish quality; plus the recent rise and re-build the racing yacht Maiden, assemble an of middlemen ‘landlords,’ who skim profits and add all-female crew and become the boat to beat. to the hardship for local fishermen as an unintended consequence of the permit system.

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Mark Beaumont 240 Nazaré Calling Stefan Morrocco (UK, 7 min) Garrett McNamara (Portugal, 58 min) USA Premiere Festival Favorites In preparation for his attempt at breaking the world After being called to assess whether it was possible record by riding his bicycle around the world in 80 to surf the wave at Nazaré, and in the month leading days—which would require averaging 16-hour, 240- up to his record-breaking ride—of what was credited mile rides each day—Mark Beaumont completed a as a 78-foot wave and at the time the largest wave series of 240-mile training rides around Scotland. ever ridden—Garrett McNamara explores the old The film follows Beaumont on his final training ride, Portuguese town, studies the swell and grows to love charting what it takes mentally, physically and the people and place. emotionally to cycle just one 240-mile day.

Mind of a Giant North Coast 500 Emre Izat, Geoff Luck (USA, 50 min) Iain Mitchell, Rupert Shanks (Scotland, 4 min) Festival Favorites Festival Favorites Following the work of top scientists, Mind of a The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile scenic route Giant reveals elephants are more intelligent than winding through the Scottish Highlands, starting we were aware: they are cognizant of the safety of in Inverness, venturing up the west coast and park boundaries, understand where those boundaries back via the rugged north coast. Cyclist Mark lie; try to keep family groups safe when they cross Beaumont decides to make the entire ride in a between; and recognize human dialects as belonging single day, showcasing the staggering scenery, to different human groups. the gritty weather and the psychology of ultra- endurance riding.

Myrtle Simpson North of the Sun Leigh Anne Sides (USA, 24 min) Inge Wegge, Jørn Ranum (Norway, 46 min) Hawai‘i Premiere Festival Favorites In person: Andrew Cahill Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum spent nine months Myrtle Simpson’s life has taken her around the on a remote, Arctic island off the coast of Norway, globe, from the Scottish Highlands to the high Arctic through the heart of winter. Living “off of leftovers,” to Peru. A pioneer, adventurer, mountain climber, they built their own cabin out of debris and trash polar explorer, writer, wife and mother, Simpson that had washed up on shore, ate expired food the has also written 13 books and collected specimens stores would otherwise have thrown away and surfed for botanical collections around the world. She still through the dark of a northern winter. continues to explore and ride her bicycle every day.

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O’Donovan Brothers: from the back Papa Mau: The Wayfinder of beyond Na‘alehu Anthony (USA, 57 min) Jonny Madderson and Jono Stevens In person: Chadd Paishon (USA, 13 min) Festival Favorites Brothers Gary and Paul O’Donovan grew up in rural Hōkūle‘a made her historic maiden voyage in 1976 Ireland in a small town of 2,000 people. Without using traditional wayfinding—the art of navigating resources for sophisticated training equipment, the by the stars and through knowledge of how to read brothers made and put together their own. Using an the skies, sea and surroundings. While Hōkūle‘a took old set of weights and simple equipment, their drive, form from the belief and determined effort initially determination and love of rowing, not to mention of three people, it was Mau Piailug, a navigator from the community behind them, were enough to take the island of Satawal, who brought the knowledge them all the way to the Olympic Games. and art of wayfinding back to Hawai‘i.

Of Ants and Men A Plastic Ocean Shelley Schulze (USA, 91 min) Craig Leeson (USA, UK and Hong Kong, 99 min) Festival Favorites Festival Favorites The world’s foremost authority on ants, E.O. Wilson, When journalist Craig Leeson encounters plastic was also one of the first people to start thinking in waste while filming in what should be pristine ocean, term of ecosystems, coining the term “biodiversity.” he decided to learn more about what was happening. Wilson sparked a torrent of criticism from even Leeson goes on to work with free diver Tanya his fellow colleagues at Harvard for his 1975 book Streeter and an international team of scientists and Sociobiology; now a standard course of study. Of researchers to explore the fragile state of the ocean, Ants and Men explores the tendency of humans to understand plastic pollution and seek solutions. employ “us” versus “them” thinking.

Paniolo O Hawai‘i Sea of Rock Edgy Lee (USA, 79 min) Sebastian Doerk (Germany, 12 min) Festival Favorites Festival Favorites Before the cowboys of the Wild West began to In 1972 two Austrian guys almost invented the rope cattle on the frontier, the paniolo were busy mountain bike when they tried to ride the Sea of wrangling herds in Hawai‘i. Paniolo O Hawai‘i Rock on a military bicycle they had taken from one provides the history and backdrop to the paniolo of their grandfathers. The bicycle remains today town of Waimea, tracing paniolo heritage back to where it was abandoned. It took another 40 years for the 1790s—when British explorer Captain George professional cyclists Harald Philipp and Tom Oehler Vancouver arrived with a few Mexican longhorns. to follow in their footsteps, embarking on this jaw- dropping ride.

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The Serengeti Rules Surface Nicolas Brown (UK, USA, 84 min) John Rodosky (USA, 7 min) 2019 Audience Choice Winner Award-winning photographer Ben Thouard’s love In the 1960s, a small group of scientists, working of the ocean, surfing and windsurfing brought him in various parts of the world, independently come to the small village of Teahupoo, Tahiti. From the to understand that some species, or “keystones”, crystal-clear waters of the legendary surf break— maintain the conditions and environment necessary and after 15 years of trial and error, failure and to support the whole web of life around them; and success—Thouard discovers his own photographic that this holds for any ecosystem, in any location. style: a vision of the world and landscape as seen When keystones are removed, other species and, at underwater from inside a wave. times, whole ecosystems, disappear.

Seven Worlds,One Planet: Antarctica Tales by Light - Antarctic Panorama Hawai‘i Premiere Abraham Joffe (Australia, 23 min) Fredi Devas, Jonny Keeling (UK, USA, 60 min) Festival Favorites In person: Jonny Keeling In the footsteps of Frank Hurley, the pioneering Presented by David Attenborough, BBC’s Seven Australian photographer on board Ernest Worlds, One Planet: Antarctica shares never before Shackleton’s expedition, landscape photographer seen stories about life on this continent. From huge Peter Eastway travels to Antarctica to re-create the colonies of king penguins, working tirelessly and same scenes and locations Hurley photographed a in tandem to feed their chicks, to the large and century ago. There, he captures stunning images of stately emperor penguins, to fledgling albatross the Adélie penguin and the Antarctic landscape. weathering a storm, the film brings the world of Antarctica to life.

Shorebreak: The Clark Little Story Tidal Peter King (USA, 59 min) Trygve Heide (South Africa, 28 min) Festival Favorites USA Premiere Clark Little’s photographs of shorebreaks on O‘ahu’s Tidal follows the story of Lisa Beasley, whose life- North Shore delight audiences worldwide. His threatening accident while base jumping brings her work has been exhibited in Japan, Canada, Brazil, back to the ocean. During her recovery, Beasley Spain and the U.S., and has been featured on CBS discovers the beauty of Cape Town’s tidal pools. Evening News, Good Morning America and The As she comes to understand that harmful, long- Today Show. Shorebreak shares Clark Little’s passion standing cleaning protocols kill the marine life in the for photography, his enthusiasm for capturing the pools every few weeks, she works with the city to beauty of a wave and his story. protect them.

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Transition The Weekend Sailor Nate Laverty (Canada, 42 min) Bernardo Arsuaga (Mexico, 74 min) USA Premiere Festival Favorites Set in the rugged rainforest of the west coast of In 1973, the United Kingdom organized the first Vancouver Island, and with stunning cinematography head-to-head sailing race around the world. The and poetic surf sequences throughout, this quiet film Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, now the tells the story of professional surfers Pete Devries Volvo Ocean Race, took the sport to its limits. The and Noah Cohen. Now a father, Devries’ fulfilment as British Royal Navy purchased six yachts to train 800 a surfer starts to revolve around mentorship while men, expert crews represented most sailing nations Cohen quests for a spot on the Canadian National and then a gentleman sailor from Mexico, self-made Surf Team. businessman Ramon Carlín, entered the race. With subtitles.

Unbranded Wild Austria: The Flow of Time Phillip Baribeau (USA, 105 min) Rita & Michael Schlamberger (Austria, 50 min) Festival Favorites Hawai‘i Premiere Setting out to inspire adoptions of 50,000 wild Water is constantly shaping the landscape. In Austria, horses and burros living in government pens, Ben carved by Alpine glaciers, ancient seas and mighty Masters recruits three friends and develops a plan to rivers, water created a great work of art. With adopt, train and ride a string of wild mustangs 3,000 stunning imagery, Wild Austria shares the scenery miles from Mexico to Canada, through the heart of and stories about the wildlife and habitat fed by the American West. The journey is as challenging rivers; such as the goldeneye duck hatchlings who as it is beautiful, complete with unexpected trials leap after their mother into the distant water below. and a rodeo.

Undercover in the Jungle The Wild Will Benson (UK, 52 min) Mark Titus (USA, 64 min) Hawai‘i Premiere Hawai‘i Premiere Undercover in the Jungle follows a team of Once so abundant, salmon was considered naturalists and wildlife filmmakers on an expedition affordable during the Great Depression. The Wild into one of the most biodiverse regions of the looks at the potential loss of North America’s last Amazon rainforest. Their mission is to install a great wild salmon run, should the proposed Pebble network of remotely operated cameras and mini- Mine—what would be North America’s largest cams—fixed across all levels of the rainforest canopy open-pit copper mine—be built. The question that and running round-the-clock—to capture a complete emerges is one of logic in whether to allow Bristol picture of the lives of wildlife there. Bay, and all who make their livlihood there, to be put at risk. And, in why we wouldn’t bring our other salmon runs back.

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The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest Anthony Geffen (UK, 88 min) Hawai‘i Premiere In person: Anthony Geffen Told through George Mallory’s correspondence with his wife and using previously unseen photos and archival footage, The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest seeks to answer whether Mallory reached the summit. Donning the equipment and gear of the day, climbers Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding follow the original route taken by Mallory and Irvine in 1924 to determine if it were possible.

Within Reach Michael Cochran (USA, 23 min) Hawai‘i Premiere Josh Mulcoy’s first trip to Alaska in 1992 resulted in his first Surfer Magazine cover; it also sparked a lifelong pursuit of perfect waves and surreal beauty on the Alaskan shoreline. Within Reach shares Josh Mulcoy‘s story, his love of the area, the sacrifices and rewards that come with surfing, and the way current fads and trends have of coming full circle.

Within Reach. Surfer Aaron Bierman prepares for a session in Alaska. Photo © Mike Cochran

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Fri Jan 3

Anna Ranch Heritage Center Attendee Talk Story Sat Jan 4 Bring your mug, your running shoes, your Festival Program and join Benjamin Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Keller to share your best running, Tom Mustill and Eric Bendick marathon or ultrathon stories. Tom Mustill is an Emmy-nominated wildlife and science filmmaker. Eric Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Bendick is an Emmy award-winning Jonny Keeling storyteller, director and producer. They Jonny Keeling has 23 years filmmaking both spend countless hours tracking,

Bird of Paradise. Artwork by Marcia Ray experience in BBC’s Natural History anticipating and filming wildlife. Join Unit. His work includes a range of Tom Mustill and Eric Bendick as they material, including blue chip and global share stories from filming in the wild: Breakfast Talks landmarks—BBC’s top-of-the-line, the rewards and travails; the challenges standout productions, such as Planet in tracking and finding wildlife; and the Start your day with coffee and conversation. Breakfast Talks are from Earth II—live broadcasts, observational wildlife they film and encounter. 8:15-9:15 am in the Garden Room at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and at documentaries and presenter-led Anna Ranch Heritage Center in Waimea. pieces. Keeling was series producer of Lost Land of the Volcano and, most recently, the executive producer for thu Jan 2 Anna Ranch Heritage Center the BBC landmark series Seven Worlds, Attendee Talk Story One Planet. Join Jonny Keeling as he Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Bring your mug, your Festival Program, answers questions about Lost Land of Anthony Geffen grab a cup of coffee and hear the the Volcano, shown last year, and shares Geffen has garnered over 50 buzz from other attendees as you plan behind-the-scenes stories from the international awards, including your day. filming of Seven Worlds, One Planet. multiple British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), multiple Emmy Awards and the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for outstanding contribution to film and Paniolo Line Up. Artwork by Marcia Ray television. His current productions include Mission Titanic, which follows the first dive to the Titanic in 14 years and a Discovery Channel five-part series charting dives to the deepest points of all five oceans. Join Anthony Geffen as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from recent productions and projects underway.

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Kona Coffee & Tea

Thu Jan 2 – Sat Jan 4 Kona Coffee & Tea is a family owned- and-operated business serving 100% Mauna Kea Beach Hotel single-estate Kona coffee; grown on the Yoga on the Beach slopes of Hualālai, then milled, roasted, 7-8 am brewed and served at the Kona Coffee Join fellow festival attendees 7-8 am & Tea Cafe, all within a 10-mile radius. Jan 2-4 for sunrise yoga with instructor The quality of every bean is carefully Chelsea Morriss of Waimea Yoga. Classes tended to from farm to cup; and the meet at the upper lawn by the lu‘au cafe comes complete with lovely mango grounds, and if conditions permit, will wood tables. move to the beach. Come enjoy first and graded by a wet and dry mill. The light on the ocean and an invigorating Sustainable Farming Kona Coffee & Tea Master Roaster start to the day. Bring your own mat or The philosophy behind the Kona Coffee then transforms the different grades towel, and a water bottle. Photo credit: Josh Fletcher & Tea farm is to return to the of green beans into coffee land what is taken, so the beans by roasting in small Kawaihae Canoe Club land is replenished rather than batches. While crafting light, Paddle an Outrigger Canoe Kawaihae Canoe Club depleted. Pesticides are not medium, full city, or dark 6:15-7:45 am in Kawaihae Harbor used to grow the coffee. The roasts, she tests each batch Waimea Ocean Film Festival attendees The Kawaihae Canoe Club was formed soil in Hawai‘i still contains the to ensure the perfect taste, are invited to join Kawaihae Canoe Club in 1972 by a group of athletic and civic- essential nutrients the coffee smell and color. The roasted in Kawaihae Harbor to learn how to minded individuals from Waimea and plants need and there is little Kona Coffee & Tea beans are paddle an outrigger canoe. has been instrumental to the revival or no need for use of added fertilizers. exclusively brewed and served in the Participants must sign up in advance, of the ancient Hawaiian tradition of As Kona Coffee & Tea notes, the coffee café, making for a rare “From Our Farm know how to swim and sign a waiver, outrigger canoe racing on the Big Island. rarely requires pesticides as caffeine to Your Cup” coffee experience. recognizing that they understand there The club’s dedication to promoting is a natural deterrent to most pests is some risk to any ocean-based activity. and perpetuating outrigger canoe while simultaneously attracting many Participation is limited. Please sign up paddling brings participants ranging in Kona Coffee & Tea encourages the use pollinators. at the Festival Hospitality Desk at Kahilu age from 10 to 80. Hawai‘i’s official of bring-your-own mug and straw with Theatre by 5 pm the evening prior, or team sport challenges kids by giving 25- and 10-cent discounts, respectively, Hand Picking contact the Festival Office at 808-854- them a sense of direction and discipline. when you provide your own. Three years after planting, delicate, 6095. Participants should arrive 15 white flowers emerge between January minutes early. and May. These sweet-smelling blossoms Terry’s Beach. Artwork by Christian Enns are affectionately known as “Kona Kona Coffee & Tea will offer snow.” As the “Kona snow” melts, a coffee and light refreshments bright green cherry develops. Once the for sale 11 am-4 pm Jan 1 and 11 am-6 pm Jan 2-4 by the Festival summer sun ripens the cherry to red, Hospitality Desk at Kahilu Theatre. coffee pickers meticulously look for only the perfectly ripe fruit to pick by hand.

Artful Milling and Roasting Also join Kona Coffee & Tea for a From the field to the family mill, the special coffee tasting 11 am Tuesday, bright coffee cherry travels 10 minutes Jan 7 in the foyer of the ballroom at down a windy country road. The ripe Four Seasons. cherry is then hulled, polished, cleaned

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four seasons schedule January 4–8, 2020

SAT jan 4 SUN JAN 5 MON JAN 6 TUE jan 7 WED jan 8 ballroom Ballroom Hoku ballroom HOKU Ballroom Hoku Ballroom Hoku

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Four Seasons Four Seasons plus shrimp, are harvested each week to deliver fresh and locally-grown sea food Breakfast Talks Fish Ponds to the restaurants on property.

Start your day with coffee, pastries Perpetuating the Hawaiian principle Waiakauhi Fishpond and compelling conversation. Breakfast Malama Ka Honua, or “protecting the This two-and-a-half-acre pond was Talks are 8:45-9:45 am in Moana Terrace land and ocean,” David Chai and his formerly a working Hawaiian fishpond above ‛Ulu Ocean Grill. team of natural resource specialists and one of the largest to be found on manage and maintain the health and the Ka‘ūpūlehu coast. It is said to have integrity of all natural, been even larger Sun Jan 5 anchialine and man- before being covered made ponds at Four by the lava flow of Jonny Keeling Seasons Resort Hualālai, 1801. This fishpond Jonny Keeling has 23 years filmmaking including Waiakauhi attracts numerous experience in BBC’s Natural History Fishpond and Lake native birds such Unit. Among other projects he was Pūnāwai. Anchialine as the threatened producer on Planet Earth and an ponds exist in inland Hawaiian stilt (ae‘o), executive producer on Planet Earth lava depressions near black-crowned night II. Most recently, Keeling was the Beach House. Artwork by Becky Holman the ocean. Ten of the heron (auku‘u) and executive producer for most for the anchialine ponds on many differed species BBC landmark series Seven Worlds, One property are natural of shorebirds.

Planet. Join Jonny Keeling as he shares Tue Jan 7 while one, King’s David’s Pond. Artwork by Becky Holman A variety of fish are stories behind-the-scenes from the Pond, is man-made to raised in this pond filming of Seven Worlds, One Planet. Flip Nicklin provide a special experience for guests. that were typical of early Hawaiian Flip Nicklin has spent his 46-year Anchialine ponds are fed by freshwater fishponds, including awa (milkfish) career specializing in the photography springs or from percolation from the ama‘ama (mullet), aholehole (Flagtail) Mon Jan 6 of marine mammals, and in particular water table. As water level rises and and papio (trevally). These are not for whales and dolphins. Join Flip Nicklin falls with the tide, salinity varies from consumption, but to keep the pond Ian McAllister and Eric Bendick as he shares behind-the-scenes stories fresh to saltier than sea water. ecosystem stable. The Resorts Natural Ian McAllister is a filmmaker, award- from the making of his most recent The resort uses an on-site Resources team has been restoring winning photographer, and author and book, Among Whales. aquaculture farm. A wide variety of and maintaining the natural ponds at co-author of 15 books. Eric Bendick is herbs and vegetables are also grown for Ka’ūpūlehu since 1990. They continue an Emmy award-winning storyteller, restaurants at the resort. with a commitment to preserving the director and producer. They both Wed Jan 8 ocean and its natural resources and work spend countless hours out in the field Lake Pūnāwai with students from around the island in photographing and filming wildlife, Tom Mustill A synergy of ancient and modern the field of marine science and aquatic particularly wolves and bears. Join Tom Mustill is an Emmy-nominated aquaculture practices, Lake Pūnāwai is resource management. Ian McAllister and Eric Bendick as they wildlife and science filmmaker. Mustill‘s a man-made (lined) lake built in 2001 as share behind-the-scenes stories about credits include The Bat Man of Mexico an aesthetic water feature to be used Join natural resource team biologists what it takes to film in the wild. and Giraffes: Gentle Giants, both for aquaculture production utilizing a for a tour of the anchialine ponds and favorites at the festival. Join Tom sustainable “living” filter system which natural resource features on property Mustill as he shares behind-the-scenes has won awards for its design. The lake at Four Seasons 10 am Tuesday, Jan 7. stories from these as well as his most is stocked with several different species Meet at 9:45 am at Moana Terrace recent production, Humpback Whales: A of fish: awa (milkfish), ‘ama‘ama above ‘Ulu Ocean Grill for a cup of Detective Story. (mullet), kāhala (amberjack), ‘ōpae coffee prior to departure. The tour will (shrimp) and ‘ōlepe (oysters.) All of the leave from here. fish are edible and around 500 oysters,

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A recent article in Wired Magazine, which features Geffen’s work with the late Stephen Hawking, called Atlantic Productions “the pioneering company behind some of the most exciting advancements in VR, 3D and AR (augmented reality) storytelling outside of Hollywood.”

known for his work on multiple digital Join Anthony Geffen for discussion platforms, including projects in 3D, following the showing of Apollo 11: The interactive apps and now immersive Untold Story 6 pm Wednesday, Jan 1 at experiences. Under its umbrella, Fairmont Orchid. Join Anthony Geffen Atlantic Productions incorporates a for discussion following the showing group of companies including Zoo of Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure 11:15 am Thursday, Jan 2 at Fairmont (computer graphics) and Colossus (3D). Orchid. Also join Anthony Geffen Geffen was also responsible for setting for discussion following the showing up cross-platform content creator of The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Alchemy Immersive. Everest 7:30 pm Thursday, Jan 2 at Geffen received the first BAFTA Fairmont Orchid. awarded for VR storytelling. He speaks regularly at key media and technology forums, including TEDX and Google Join Anthony Geffen for a Breakfast Zeitgeist. Geffen is a fellow of St Cross Talk Thursday, Jan 2 at Mauna Kea. highly regarded BBC series Inside the College, Oxford and is a professor at Anthony Geffen Commons, and the award-winning, NYUAD. theatrical film The Wildest Dream: Anthony Geffen, CEO and filmmaker Conquest of Everest. at Atlantic Productions, worked 10 Recent productions include The Join Anthony Geffen for a special presentation as he shares footage not yet seen from Mission years for the British broadcasting Coronation with the Queen of England, Titanic and Deep Dive, a five-part series charting dives to the deepest points of all five oceans, corporation (BBC) before establishing Undercover in the Jungle and the two- 6:30 pm Saturday, Jan 4 at Four Seasons. Atlantic Productions in 1992. Geffen part series Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo has garnered over 50 international Adventure. Current productions include awards for his work, including three Mission Titanic, which follows the British academy film awards (BAFTAs), first dive to the Titanic in 14 years, eight Emmy awards and the Sir Charles and a Discovery Channel five-part Wheatstone award—one of the highest series charting dives to the deepest honors in filmmaking—for outstanding points of all five oceans, including the contribution to film and television. deepest dive in history of the Mariana Screened worldwide, Geffen’s Trench. He is also working on a feature films comprise a fascinating mix of documentary about Stephen Hawking documentaries, theatrical films and and a VR (virtual reality) experience IMAX productions. His work encompasses based around Hawking’s vision of black 11 projects with David Attenborough, holes. Atlantic Productions is one of the including the award-winning Great most highly regarded, high-end, factual Barrier Reef Series, Conquest of the production companies in the world. Skies and Natural History Museum Considered a pioneer in multi- Alive. Geffen also produced the platform storytelling, Geffen is well Deep Planet. Photo © Atlantic Productions

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Keeling’s work includes Join Jonny Keeling for discussion a range of material, following the showing of Seven including blue chip and Worlds, One Planet: Antarctica 11:45 am Wednesday, Jan 1 at Kahilu global landmarks, live Theatre; 10:45 am Friday, Jan 3 at broadcasts, observational Fairmont Orchid; 12:45 pm at HPA Gates; and 12:15 pm Sunday, Jan 5. Join documentaries and Jonny Keeling for discussion following presenter-led pieces. the showing of Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures and Andy’s Safari Adventures Recently, Keeling was the 2 pm Wednesday, Jan 1 at Parker executive producer for Theatre; and 9:30 am Saturday, Jan 4 at Parker Theatre. the BBC landmark series Seven Worlds, One Planet, Join Jonny Keeling for a Breakfast Talk a project four years in the Friday Jan 3 at Mauna Kea and Sunday, making. Jan 5 at Four Seasons.

including Lost Land of the Volcano and Jonny Keeling Lost Land of the Tiger. More recently, Keeling was an executive producer on Having completed a degree in zoology the BBC landmark series Planet Earth from Cambridge University and Ph.D. II and the executive producer for the from the University of Bristol, Jonny BBC landmark series Seven Worlds, Keeling went on to pursue a career with One Planet, set to premiere January 18, the British Broadcasting Corporation 2020. (BBC), where he has been able to share Keeling also heads the Children’s his passion for the natural world with Natural History Unit at the BBC, audiences worldwide. Keeling has 23 creating wildlife content for all ages, years filmmaking experience in BBC’s across all platforms, featuring drama, Natural History Unit. His work includes comedy, adventure and the latest in a range of material, including blue chip visual effects. As part of this unit, and global landmarks—BBC’s top-of- Keeling is executive producer on the-line, standout productions, such the popular children’s series, Andy’s Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures as Planet Earth II—live broadcasts, Prehistoric Adventures, in which and Andy’s Safari Adventures observational documentaries and Natural History Museum employee In this popular children’s series, Andy’s presenter-led pieces. “Andy” travels back in time and meets Prehistoric Adventures, Natural History Keeling was researcher on the dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Museum employee “Andy” travels back longest running wildlife series, the in time and meets dinosaurs and other Natural World, assistant producer on prehistoric animals. David Attenborough’s Life of Mammals, When Andy starts to work at Safari Join Jonny Keeling for a special producer on Planet Earth and series World, he goes on to travel the planet presentation and behind-the-scenes in a series of eye-popping adventures producer on the Expedition series— look at the making of Seven Worlds, getting closer to wildlife than he had productions that documented scientists One Planet 7:45 pm Saturday, Jan 4 at and explorers as they travelled to Four Seasons. ever imagined. uncharted corners of the planet—

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Two humpback whales seem to dance underwater in Hawai‘i. Photo © Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures Humpback whale tail slap. Photo © Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures

photographer, author and co-founder of photographer, adventurer, self-trained Flip Nicklin the Whale Trust organization, Nicklin is scientist and raconteur. The book credited with 20 National Geographic combines breathtaking images of Flip Nicklin is a world-renowned feature stories and several books. For whales with behind-the-scenes stories underwater photographer. He has the past 30-plus years, he has dived in the making of these images. It spent his 46-year career specializing over 6,000 times, often free-diving highlights throughout the importance of in the photography of remarkable depths of up conservation and new advances in our marine mammals, and to 90 feet. understanding of whale behavior. in particular whales Since 1996, Flip Nicklin In 2012, Flip Nicklin was bestowed and dolphins. Nicklin has spent his winters one of the highest honors by The photographed his first researching humpback North American Nature Photography humpback whale off the whales with Dr. Jim Association by being named Outstanding coast of the Hawaiian Darling and Dr. Meagan Photographer of the Year. Islands in 1979 while Jones off the coast of working for the IMAX film Maui, Hawai‘i. Together Nomads of the Deep. Join Flip Nicklin for a special they founded Whale Trust, It was at this point his presentation 4 pm Tuesday, Jan 7 at a nonprofit research and Four Seasons. Book signing to follow. career filming whales emerged. “I education organization promoting the thought it was a two-month job. I never protection and conservation of the expected to spend my life working with marine environment. whales,” said Nicklin. Join Flip Nicklin for a Breakfast Talk In his most recent book, Among Now a world premier whale Tuesday, Jan 7 at Four Seasons. Giants, Nicklin is equal parts Two humpback whales spy hop, Hawai‘i. Photo © Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures

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Eric Bendick

Eric Bendick is an Emmy award-winning storyteller, director and producer for Montana-based Grizzly Creek Films. His writing and producing credits include broadcast specials and series for National Geographic, Smithsonian, PBS, The History Channel, Animal Planet, Harvard University, Turner Endangered Species Fund, Microsoft, ABC and the U.S. Department of Defense. Recent Join Eric Bendick for discussion following the showings of Epic productions include Epic Yellowstone, Yellowstone: Return of the Predators America Wild and The Forgotten Coast: and Cowboys and Scientists The Return to Wild Florida. 3:45 pm Thursday, Jan 2 at HPA Gates; Bendick has led film expeditions and 11:30 am Monday, Jan 6 at Four Photo credit: Deirdre Leowinata to the Florida Everglades, the Grand Seasons. Bendick will share images from Canyon, the Great Bear Rainforest, the the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 as Alaska Range and to the farthest point part of the discussion. support staff, Pacific Wild has been at from any road in Yellowstone National Ian McAllister the forefront of pioneering innovative Park. He holds a bachelor’s degree technology for remote wildlife from Brown University and a Master Join Eric Bendick for a Breakfast Talk monitoring that enables the capture of Ian McAllister is a filmmaker, award- of Fine Arts in Science and Natural Saturday, Jan 4 at Mauna Kea and winning photographer, and author never-before observed or documented History Filmmaking from Montana State Monday, Jan 6 at Four Seasons. and co-author of 15 books, including wildlife behavior. University. Great Bear Wild, The Wild in You, The Ian McAllister and wife Karen were Great Bear Sea and The Sea Wolves, named by Time magazine among The Seal Garden and Babies of the “Leaders of the 21st Century” for their Great Bear Rainforest. His images have efforts to protect British Columbia’s appeared in publications around the endangered rainforest and McAllister world, including the cover of National was awarded the Rainforest Action Geographic Magazine. His images are Network’s Rainforest Hero award. He represented by the National Geographic lives with his family on an island in the Image Collection. He is a fellow of the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest. International League of Conservation Photographers and a recipient of the Join Ian McAllister for discussion North America Nature Photography following the showing of Great Bear Association (NANPA)’s Vision Award. Rainforest: Land of the Spirit Bear In 2007, McAllister and wife Karen 1:30 pm Wednesday, Jan 1 at HPA Gates; co-founded Pacific Wild, with a mission 11:30 am Thursday, Jan 2 at Kahilu to bring awareness and change to Theatre; and 1:30 pm Monday, Jan 6 at conservation issues in the Great Bear Four Seasons. through powerful and accessible visual storytelling. Comprising a team of dedicated and talented communication Join Ian McAllister for a Breakfast Talk experts, filmmakers, photographers, Monday, Jan 6 at Four Seasons. writers, researchers, scientists and Photo © Carlton Ward Jr

56 waimea ocean film festival experience. environment. culture. www.waimeaoceanfilm.org Festival Program 2020 57 inspired in Mustill a Michele and Tom Mustill curiosity to learn more about humpback whales Howard Hall Tom Mustill is an Emmy-nominated in general and to track wildlife and science filmmaker. Mustill down this whale in Michele and Howard Hall are wildlife Howard Hall films Mother and Calf Humpback Whale particular; in part to in Moorea. Photo © Michele Hall has directed numerous award-winning filmmakers specializing in marine wildlife films including the Emmy-nominated understand whether the films and underwater giant format Giraffes: Africa’s Gentle Giants, which action had been intentional or accident, film production. Working as a team, still photographer for MacGillivray’s 3D played to the European Parliament; The leading to his most recent production, Howard and Michele have produced and feature Journey to the South Pacificand Bat Man of Mexico; the RTS-nominated Humpback Whales: A Detective Story. directed many television films including Humpback Whales. How To Win The Grand National for Tom Mustill holds a Bachelor of productions for National Geographic, Howard is a member of the Directors Oxford Scientific Films; the multi, Science in Biology from Cambridge PBS and BBC. They are the recipients of Guild and Academy of Motion Picture award-winning and Grierson-nominated University. seven Emmy Awards and numerous other Arts and Sciences and holds a bachelor’s Natural World Special: Kangaroo industry awards and recognitions. degree in zoology from San Diego State Dundee; and two episodes of the award- Join Tom Mustill for discussion Together the Halls have directed University. Michele is a member of winning series Inside Nature’s Giants for and produced several underwater IMAX the Woman Diver’s Hall of Fame and following the showing of the film Bat Windfall Films. Man of Mexico 12:30 pm Wednesday, films, including Into the Deep, Island the Academy of Television Arts and Through his production company Jan 1 at Parker Theatre; and of the Sharks, Deep Sea 3D, Coral Reef Sciences, is a registered nurse and holds Gripping Films, Mustill strives to create 10:45 am Wednesday, Jan 8 at Four Adventure and Under the Sea 3D. Their a bachelor’s degree in health sciences. innovative and entertaining films, Seasons. Also join Tom Mustill for IMAX features have won numerous seeking to tell relevant and important discussion following the showing of the awards, including Best Picture and Best film Humpback Whales: A Detective Join Michele and Howard Hall stories about a complex world. He was Cinematography at the Giant Screen Story 6 pm Wednesday, Jan 1 at Kahilu for discussion following a selected as a Broadcast magazine “Hot Theatre; 8 pm Thursday, Jan 2 at Kahilu Cinema Association Conference. showing of Humpback Whales Shot” for his quick rise to director of Theatre; and 6:15 pm Tuesday, Jan 7 at Howard served as director of 11:30 am Thursday, Jan 2 at Kahilu high profile, innovative and landmark Four Seasons. underwater cinematography for Theatre; 12:45 pm Thursday, Jan 2 at television programs and was shortlisted the Primesco Productions film Lost Fairmont Orchid; and 3 pm Monday, as a TED fellow for pushing the Worlds, the MacGillivray Freeman film Jan 6 at Four Seasons. boundaries of documentary television. The Living Sea, the IMAX 3D feature In 2015, a humpback whale breached Join Tom Mustill for a Breakfast Talk Return to Hubble and was underwater and landed on Mustill and a friend while Saturday, Jan 4 at Mauna Kea and Wednesday, Jan 8 at Four Seasons. cinematographer for MacGillivray Join Michele and Howard Hall for a they were in a kayak. The experience Freeman’s Journey Into Amazing Caves. special presentation sharing imagery Howard was director of underwater and stories from their IMAX productions cinematography and Michele served 3:00 pm Monday, Jan 6 at Four Seasons. as location manager and underwater the Americas (MRAA), The Maine Benjamin Keller Windjammers Association, Outside Michele with the IMAX 2D underwater camera system in Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo © Howard Hall Magazine and Outside Television. Benjamin Keller is an award-winning Keller holds a bachelor’s degree in filmmaker based out of Portland, Maine. Medieval and Renaissance Studies from Keller started a production company New York University. in 1994 and more recently formed Keller Media Works, a full-service Join Benjamin Keller for discussion media and marketing company working following the showing of the film Just across all formats, including corporate One Step 9:30 am Thursday, Jan 2 at productions, broadcast, commercial Kahilu Theatre; 6 pm Friday, Jan 3 at and social media. His clients include HPA Gates; and 9:30 am Tuesday, Jan 7 the Marine Retailers Association of at Four Seasons.

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Phil Arnone

Phil Arnone established himself early in his career as a producer and director of high-quality television programming while working for KGMB in Honolulu. More recently, he directed and produced a series of exceptional, made- for-TV documentaries, in conjunction Beamer Solomon Hālau O Po‘ohala. Photo credit: Beverly Warns with KGMB, and written by Robert Pennybacker. Beamer Solomon Hulali Solomon Covington. Hula Loea These films feature the history and Covington’s sister, Malama Solomon, culture of the islands along with people Hālau O Po‘ohala is the hālau’s kakau ‘olelo (historian). and heroes whose names have become Their colleague and hālau assistant, household words in Hawai‘i. They Leiomalama Tamasese Solomon is the Kumu Keala Ching, is the founder of include: Hōkūle’a: Passing the Torch; sixth-generation cultural practitioner the Nā Wai Iwi Ola Foundation, whose Mimi deGruy Eddie Aikau - A Hawaian Hero; Brothers of the Beamer Solomon’s 158-year hula mission is dedicated to the preservation Cazimero; Duke Kahanamoku - Hawai‘i’s legacy. Leiomalama is the hula mua, and perpetuation of hula. Mimi Armstrong deGruy is a Santa Soul; IZ - The Man Behind The Music; or lead dancer and soloist of Hālau O Barbara-based documentary filmmaker. and Jim Nabors’ Impossible Dream. Po‘ohala. The Hālau O Po‘ohala dates its Please join the Beamer Solomon Hālau In her early career, deGruy worked birth to the reign of King David Kalakaua. O Po‘ohala as they share hula following The hālau’s hula master (loea) and showing of the film The Hula Within for CNN, Turner Broadcasting’s series Please join Phil Arnone for discussion cultural keeper of the Beamer Solomon 4 pm Friday, Jan 3 at Kahilu Theatre. Portrait of American and the PBS following the showing of Hōkūle‘a: series The Infinite Voyage. Later, in Passing the Torch 1:30 pm Wednesday, method of dance is Leiomalama’s Aunt, collaboration with her late husband, Jan 1 at Kahilu Theatre. Also join Mike deGruy, she produced award- Phil Arnone for discussion following winning television programs for PBS, the showing of Duke Kahanamoku: BBC, National Geographic, Discovery Hawai‘i’s Soul 12:15 pm Friday, Jan 3 at Channel and other broadcaster media. Fairmont Orchid. Ari Bernstein Armstrong deGruy holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University. The Ari Bernstein is a Hawai‘i-based mother of two children, deGruy is filmmaker, founder of Lalamilo also an enthusiastic supporter of Productions and director of the Digital and volunteer for nonprofits that Media program at Hawai‘i Preparatory support environmental causes and Academy (HPA). children’s education. Bernstein began working with Hālau O Po‘ohala on a series of videos Please join Mimi deGruy for discussion documenting the 155-year cultural following the showing of Diving Deep: legacy of the Beamer-Solomon halau. The Life and Times of Mike deGruy It was through this work that the idea 6 pm Thursday, Jan 2 at Kahilu for Līhau’s Journey was born and, after Theatre; and 7:45 pm Tuesday, Jan 7 at that, The Hula Within. Join Ari Bernstein and Leiomalama Four Seasons. Bernstein received his Master of Fine Tamasese Solomon for discussion following the showing of The Arts in filmmaking from the University Hula Within 4 pm Friday, Jan 3 at of California (USC). Kahilu Theatre.

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been no passenger fatalities due to now has the most advanced, forward- train accidents such as derailments thinking transportation system in the or collisions, despite frequent nation, which is coordinated and tied earthquakes and typhoons. together by a statewide rail plan. A key takeaway from California’s Like any massive infrastructure experience is having a big-picture project, the line requires substantial, plan is vital, because it supplies a tool up-front investment. But rail projects for creating synergies throughout the all over the world have shown, again system. and again, that the money is wisely For example, the Bay Area’s California High Speed Rail— invested. High-speed lines deliver big, commuter rail service, Caltrain, is now Excerpts reprinted near-term returns across a wide range being upgraded between San Francisco Leading the Nation from www.hsrail.org of metrics. And they keep delivering for and San Jose. As part of the upgrade, the long term. European-designed, electrified trains ICE Station. Photo © Siemens.com/press ICE Station. Photo While it’s true that California high- will replace diesel-hauled trains. California’s bold plan in creating an of the land-use cost of an automobile- speed rail faces significant challenges, That will mean faster trips and more integrated network plan based around only focused system, freeing future this difficulty does not indicate that frequent departures. High-speed trains the first, high-speed rail line in the land use for needs other than the project itself is unworthy or a will share the tracks once a new tunnel country will make fast, frequent and roadway expansion and parking space. poor investment. As the first state in from Gilroy to the Central Valley is reliable trains an everyday reality for The line will be powered entirely the nation to attempt high-speed rail, completed. people all over the state. by renewable energy—solar, wind, California should not be surprised to Similar work is underway in Los The centerpiece of California’s plan is geothermal and bioenergy—and is encounter unforeseen situations that Angeles, where a 45-mile rail corridor the first true 220-mph, high-speed line conservatively projected to reduce increase budget or construction time. from Burbank to Anaheim will be in the United States. The initial, 170- greenhouse gas emissions by about Our nation’s Interstate Highway upgraded to improve Amtrak and mile segment through the Central Valley 1.5 million metric tons each year. System was projected to cost $25 billion Metrolink service and prepare for high- will act like a high-speed backbone, The high-speed line will connect UC and take 12 years to build; it took 35 speed trains. allowing for faster trips between many Merced, Fresno State and California years and $114 billion (in 1956 dollars). In other words, the benefits ripple destinations. Once the full system is State University-Bakersfield—and Spain’s AVE high-speed system was out. Building a high-speed line built, San Francisco and Los Angeles more than 325,000 students—to each popularly declared a boondoggle and incentivizes upgrades to older tracks, will be less than three hours apart on a other and to the Bay Area, opening up an assured failure, but today it’s wildly and the upgrades aren’t limited to the comfortable and spacious train. new opportunities for collaboration. popular and an asset the country could line itself. High-speed rail depends California’s high-speed line will los Angeles, San Francisco and San not imagine itself without. on and improves every other form of provide multiple benefits to the state: Jose rank among the top five most transportation across a state, especially It will provide an economic boost, gridlocked cities in the nation. The An Integrated, commuter rail and local transit creating an estimated 31,300 full- new line will cut through these delays Statewide Vision systems. And recent research shows that and part-time jobs by 2029 with an and offer fast, frequent and reliable California began investing heavily in rail improving transit service is a big boost estimated $6 billion already injected service between popular destinations and public transit in the early 1990s. It to local economies. into the economy. across the state. It will provide significant The line will not only provide faster environmental benefit: direct and less stressful travel—connecting There were more than 35,000 deaths on U.S. highways reduction of carbon emissions; people into the heart of each city— in 2015; over the Japanese Shinkansen’s (bullet train) indirect reduction of carbon emissions but will also be much safer. While through the reduction in the amount there were more than 35,000 deaths 50-plus year history—carrying over 10 billion passengers— of concrete required for additional on U.S. highways in 2015; over the there have been no passenger fatalities due to train roadway capacity, expansion and Japanese Shinkansen’s (bullet train) accidents such as derailments or collisions, despite maintenance over time; reduction of 50-plus year history—carrying over runoff from roadways; and reduction 10 billion passengers—there have frequent earthquakes and typhoons.

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Seeing things from a big-picture upgraded, allowing high-speed trains to Massive infrastructure projects create a catch-22. It is perspective makes that possible. It’s share tracks with new, high-performance no longer about how the segments of commuter trains, which is key to linking difficult to build support for a long-term infrastructure a system work in isolation. It’s about San Francisco and Silicon Valley to the project unless there are tangible benefits to taxpayers how they work as part of a broader rest of the state’s rail network. and there are usually few benefits until the project is plan—how each segment fits into and Connecting the Central Valley directly improves the whole. to Silicon Valley and San Francisco will complete. That isn’t the case in California: ongoing The evidence from around the world require tunneling through a mountain upgrades to connecting Amtrak and commuter lines will is clear. For example, when high-speed range. The northern point of this slash travel times and deliver benefits long before the trains began operating between Madrid construction will be San Jose. Trains will and Seville (330 miles), the percentage continue from there, on the upgraded full, high-speed line is complete. of trips by rail increased from 16 percent Caltrain corridor, to San Francisco. to 51 percent. For the trip from Paris to services, could be in service by 2028. upgrades will not only improve service Lyon (290 miles), the percentage jumped Los Angeles Area The Central Valley line, running from for commuters, but are an integral part from 40 to 72 percent. and Southern California Bakersfield to Merced, has been mocked of California’s high-speed rail project. CHSRA is coordinating with the as a “train to nowhere” because of its Even without its impact on the high- Building in Phases Los Angeles County Metropolitan distance from the coasts. But mountain speed rail system, Caltrain’s innovations California is taking the Phased Network Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and ranges make it the only place to and upgrades make it one of the most Approach to its high-speed rail system, other agencies on several projects that demonstrate the power of 220-mph important transportation projects now meaning it will be constructed in will improve service in the Los Angeles trains in California. There are excellent underway in the U.S. The innovations segments over time, in coordination and San Diego areas. Specifically, reasons for starting there. include: with upgrades to other systems. Each LACMTA is working on an analysis of the Massive infrastructure projects create High-capacity, modern, electrified new segment will integrate the high- Metrolink Antelope Valley commuter line a catch-22. It is difficult to build support train sets that start and stop faster speed line more fully with conventional that provides a path from Palmdale into for a long-term infrastructure project and reduce harmful emissions. lines and transit systems already in use. Los Angeles’ Union Station. Upgrading unless there are tangible benefits to Fifty-one miles of electrified tracks The first, 170-mile segment of that will ensure sufficient Metrolink taxpayers and there are usually few that accommodate high-speed trains, high-speed line—the backbone of the commuter service to meet the needs of benefits until the project is complete. in addition to local and express whole system—is now being built in the high-speed rail system as it reaches That isn’t the case in California: commuter trains. the Central Valley. It is the keystone of Palmdale. ongoing upgrades to connecting Amtrak A coordinated schedule that creates the statewide plan and it will feature and commuter lines will slash travel effortless connections between the dedicated, grade-separated tracks Connection to DesertXpress times and deliver benefits long before systems and maximizes ridership. designed for 220-mph operations. At Palmdale, the proposed 63-mile the full, high-speed line is complete. New platforms that allow level Coordinated, simultaneous High Desert Corridor freeway will Connecting the Central Valley to the boarding, which is more convenient improvements to existing rail systems— link Palmdale with Victorville, which Los Angeles and Bay areas with high- for all passengers and is critically including the Altamont Commuter is the southern terminus of another speed rail is a monumental engineering important for the elderly and people Express, the Capitol Corridor and planned high-speed rail project—the feat. It will require tunneling through with strollers and luggage. the San Joaquin service—will provide DesertXpress to Las Vegas. the mountains of the California Coast expanded and improved rail service The expressway could include and Transverse Ranges. But in the These and other improvements will throughout northern California, high-speed rail tracks linking the meantime, the Central Valley will make Caltrain the first truly modern connecting the Central Valley high- DesertXpress with California’s main demonstrate true high-speed rail in the passenger rail line in the U.S. Ridership speed line with the San Francisco Bay high-speed rail system. U.S. and allow service to initiate via on Caltrain is expected to nearly double Area and Sacramento regions. connections to existing transit options. after the completion. Ridership has Central Valley Spine already nearly tripled since 2004. Caltrain Electrification— The 170-mile Central Valley line is under Caltrain San Jose to San Francisco construction and will be the spine of Caltrain—the commuter rail system that Lessons for Other Projects Existing Caltrain service from San Jose California’s high-speed rail system. It, serves San Jose, the Silicon Valley and Caltrain’s project offers lessons that are to San Francisco will be electrified and along with improvements to connecting San Francisco—is being modernized. The directly relevant to other transportation

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projects across the country. It facilitates shipments through two of The integration of high-speed rail at the nation’s busiest cargo ports (Los Union Station is vital to the region’s Rick Harnish First: The critical importance of Angeles and Long Beach) and it is part transportation economy, given that it’s investing in new, modern trainsets. of the nation’s second busiest Amtrak the connection point for Metrolink, Rick Harnish is co-founder and executive Electric trains, which will replace line. Metrolink, the region’s commuter Amtrak and local transit. director of the Midwest High-Speed Rail Caltrain’s current diesel trains, can rail service, also uses it, and it’s set to The exciting and innovative upgrades Association (MHSRA), now known as the accelerate and decelerate faster than become a vital segment of the state’s to LA’s transportation system offer at High-Speed Rail Association, a member- existing diesel locomotives to provide high-speed rail system. least four takeaways: supported non-profit faster, more frequent service. Electric A variety of trains—freight, passenger, organization advocating trainsets also produce less noise and commuter and high-speed—will share First: Deep planning— for fast, frequent and air pollution than diesel locomotives the narrow stretch of land through a like California’s 2018 dependable trains linking and they will lower Caltrain’s fuel costs dense urban area. Recent planning by State Rail Plan—is the entire Midwest. The while increasing revenue (due to an local, state and federal agencies has key to creating a association is the oldest increase capacity in ridership). Caltrain focused on upgrading the infrastructure solid transportation and largest high-speed rail expects electrification to reduce carbon to accommodate these needs. system. Coordination advocacy organization in dioxide emissions by 176,000 metric One result is that the Metrolink and planning make the the U.S. tons annually by 2040. tracks are being electrified. That difference between Harnish’s perspective on will allow commuter trains to start having an adequate trains and transportation Second: The importance of leadership, and stop faster, meaning they’ll run system and one that policy has appeared in collaboration and resourcefulness can more frequently while cutting carbon helps build a vibrant, sustainable Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, not be underestimated. emissions. High-speed trains will also economy. USA Today, Politico, Governing, the For example, Caltrain nearly scaled use these new electrified tracks, making Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine and back its service in 2011 due to a budget it possible to take a single-seat ride on Second: High-speed rail drives other publications. crisis. At that point, it also hadn’t yet a high-speed train all the way from the upgrades, innovations and investments Harnish is a leading force in the identified funding for electrification. Bay Area into LA. across a whole transportation system. transportation policy reform movement. Simultaneously, the California High- It’s never about high-speed rail alone Through the MHSRA, Harnish has Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) faced Los Angeles Union Station but integration with the whole; making educated thousands of government opposition in planning a route from San Los Angeles Union Station will be every element—trains, tracks, stations, and business leaders as to the tangible Jose to San Francisco. upgraded to allow trains to pass through local transit systems—work better. economic and other benefits of rail In response, U.S. Representative from north to south. Another focus of and helped elevate the discussion of Anna Eshoo, State Senator Joe Simitian city- and state-level planning is the Third: Chicago’s own Union Station high-speed rail and intercity passenger and Assembly member Rich Gordon Link Union Station (Link US) project has the same role and potential as the rail on the national stage. He speaks crafted a compromise proposal: Caltrain in downtown LA. Link US will improve facility in Los Angeles. It is critical regularly to community and business electrification would be partially funded transportation options in the region in to the whole region’s transportation groups across the Midwest, has been an with money for high-speed rail; in some important ways. needs— including the future of high- expert witness before Congress and the return, high-speed trains could share Link US will upgrade Union Station’s speed rail—and it equally needs to be Illinois General Assembly, and consults the tracks. passenger concourse into a world- modernized. Doing so will help give with decision makers at all levels of class facility, with inviting waiting the Midwest a competitive advantage government. Los Angeles Area areas and retail amenities. It will also and distinguish the region on the global L.A.’s Metrolink commuter rail service significantly increase its rail service stage, as California is now doing. will upgrade tracks to become part of capacity, shorten train wait times and Join Rick Harnish for a presentation California’s high-speed rail system. cut greenhouse gas emissions. Fourth: Nothing happens without titled California High Speed Rail: The Los Angeles Urban Mobility Los Angeles Union Station is currently leadership and a strong commitment Benefits to California and Beyond Corridor—which connects Burbank, Los a “stub”—there’s only one way in to forward-thinking investments. That 12:45 pm Thursday, Jan 2 at HPA Angeles and Anaheim—has a segment of and out. Link US will give the station has been the story in California. It Gates; and 3:45 pm Sunday, Jan 5 at railroad tracks that is among the most “through” tracks, allowing trains to pass will be the same for any substantial Four Seasons. important and heavily used in the U.S. through the station without reversing. transportation project anywhere.

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Marc Lammers, Ph.D. Adam A. Pack, Ph.D.

Dr. Marc Lammers is the research Join Drs. Lammers and Pack for a Dr. Adam A. Pack is a professor at Mammal Science. coordinator for the Hawaiian Islands presentation titled Humpback Whale University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Hilo For more than 30 years, Dr. Pack has Humpback Whale National Marine Mysteries and the Science Being Used to with a joint appointment in the been conducting research on dolphin Sanctuary. He has studied marine Solve Them 11:15 am Friday, Jan 3 at Departments of Psychology and Biology. sensory perception, cognition and HPA Gates. mammal behavior and ecology for the In this capacity, Dr. Pack serves as communication abilities as well as past 22 years and specializes in marine chair of the Psychology Department; humpback whale social organization bioacoustics. a cooperating faculty member of and habitat use, migratory and Dr. Lammers previously worked as a “How Big is a UH Hilo’s Master of Science Degree residency patterns, social behavior and principal investigator for the National Humpback Whale?” Program in Tropical Conservation Biology communication systems in the Hawaiian Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Walk inside NOAA’s 44-foot, and Environmental Science; and as breeding grounds and Alaskan feeding (NOAA) at the Pacific Islands Fisheries life-size inflatable whale. NOAA an affiliate and cooperating faculty grounds. Science Center in the Coral Reef naturalists are available to present member of UH Manoa’s Psychology and Over the course of his research Ecosystem Program and served on and answer questions as you tour Biology Departments and Marine Science career, Dr. Pack has published over the Sanctuary Advisory Council as the inside the whale and learn about Graduate Program. 60 papers, book chapters and reports research seat. whale anatomy and behavior. Due In 2008, Dr. Pack developed the UH and is frequently invited to present Dr. Lammers has authored more than to the educational content level, Hilo Pack Marine Mammal Research his work. Dr. Pack’s research has been 60 scientific papers and book chapters, parental guidance is suggested. Laboratory. His research program focuses featured in The New York Times, The and co-edited the book Listening in the Please join NOAA for an on scientific studies of marine mammal Economist and National Wildlife, as well Ocean. He actively collaborates with inflatable whale exhibit 10 am- behavioral ecology and cognition. as in television documentaries including other researchers, both in Hawai‘i and 6 pm Jan 2-4 in the Fairmont Dr. Pack is co-founder and current National Geographic’s Humpbacks: around the world, and sits on a number Orchid – Festival Presentation president and director of The Dolphin Inside the Pod and South Florida PBS’s of professional working groups. Room 1. The Festival Presentation Institute, a not-for-profit, Hawai‘i-based Mystery of the Humpback Whale Song. Lammers received his bachelor’s Room 1 is located across the hall organization dedicated to dolphins and In 2017, Dr. Pack was the UH Hilo degree and doctorate from the from film screenings. whales through education, research and Award Recipient of the University of University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. conservation. He is also the co-creator of Hawai‘i Board of Regents Award for the UH Hilo’s Listening Observatory for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Pack holds Hawaiian Ecosystems (LOHE) Bioacoustics a bachelor’s degree in botany from Laboratory; former chair of the Hawaiian Brandeis University; and a master’s Humpback Whale Mysteries Islands Humpback Whale National Marine degree and doctorate in psychology, and the Science Being Used to Solve Them Sanctuary Advisory Council and serves as human and animal cognition, from UH In January, 2016 many of Hawai‘i’s ocean users began to notice there were associate editor of the journal Marine Manoa. fewer whales than in previous years during the same time. This marked the start of an unusual period in the annual occurrence of whales in Hawai‘i. Scientists have been working to better understand the observed trends as well as the underlying causes. What the function of the iconic song produced by humpback males might be is the subject of on-going research by Drs. Marc Lammers and Adam Pack. This question will be explored during the presentation through a showing of the South Florida PBS production Changing Seas - Mystery of the Humpback Whale Song. This film features the research of Dr. Marc Lammers from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and Dr. Adam Pack from the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo and will be followed by a question and answer session.

Adam Pack preparing for videogrammetry of female humpback whale. NMFS Permit 1071.

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The Palmyra Program

Isolated and wild, Palmyra Atoll lies just on Palmyra is relatively pristine and north of the equator, 1,000 miles south unchallenged. Facing less stressors to of Hawai‘i. Comprising 25 islets covering begin with, these coral reefs have been 580 acres, the atoll is fringed by lagoons able to better weather recent warming and 15,000 acres of sprawling reefs events than reefs elsewhere and appear that support 176 species of coral and a to be more resilient to the degree of complex web of marine life. climate pressure faced thus far. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) What this means is that Palmyra purchased Palmyra in 2000 to protect provides a baseline in terms of how the marine wilderness found there and tropical coral reefs and a tropical, establish a platform for applied science. low-lying island response to climate After retaining the atoll’s largest islet impacts when not also faced with added as the base for a research facility, it external stressors. In heavily populated transferred the remainder of the land to areas, reefs are already under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife stress due to impacts Service (USFWS), which in from sedimentation Penguin Spit at Palmyra atoll. In healthy reefs, fish use every habitat type, including places waves are crashing close to shore. All photos this page © Kydd Pollock / The Nature Conservancy 2001 established Palmyra (resulting from land and its surrounding disturbed during are focused on rainforest restoration rats were eradicated, an outcome that waters as a National development); from (‘realignment’). Rats were eradicated could also open avenues for controlling Wildlife Refuge. A final heavy fishing practices, from Palmyra in 2011, igniting a mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases layer of protection was both commercial and resurgence of bird, crab and plant elsewhere. added in 2009 when recreational; and from life. As a next step, the coconut palms In more detail, the Palmyra Atoll Palmyra was included in impacts associated with are being removed and the rainforest Rainforest Reef Resilience Project the 13-million-acre Pacific nutrients and pollutants replanted—actions that will increase Fairy (or white) terns are small seabirds (PARP) is underway to restore the Remote Islands Marine found throughout the Pacific. going into the water. seabird habitat and maximize the native rainforest canopy as a means National Monument, one of Reefs already under these nutrient cycle that to protect the atoll’s the world’s largest marine protected external stressors appear to be more fuels coral growth and, reef and increase its areas (MPAs). vulnerable to current levels of climate scientists hope, its resilience to the impacts The goals of TNC’s Palmyra Program impact. But, it becomes difficult to resilience to current and of climate change. is to protect and restore Palmyra while determine and isolate which of these future climate-related Through this, the project also conducting science that can be factors contribute most to reef decline, impacts. is also working to protect used to help understand, protect and relative to warming, as they collectively As part of the habitat for seabirds, as restore other tropical and marine weaken coral reef ecosystems. restoration effort, it appears the nutrients environments around the world. While scientific research at Palmyra scientists are studying seabirds bring from the While still degraded to some degree has been ongoing since 2005, producing a means to eliminate ocean, and deposit as from the lingering impacts of use 170 scientific studies, a new, three-pillar Palmyra’s Culex Gray Reef Sharks guano on the island, during World War II, Palmyra presents research and conservation agenda is quinquefasciatus, or southern house support plant growth. This appears to an opportunity to understand how underway. This three-pillar approach mosquito with the larger goal of benefit the ecosystem in a number of coral reefs respond to current levels focuses on: rainforest restoration and the developing a similar suppression ways, including increased biodiversity; of climate stress in the absence of conservation of the island ecosystem; technique for Hawai‘i, where Culex increased plant growth on the island; other stressors. Compared to tropical coral reef resilience; and sustainable are transmitting lethal diseases to and increased biomass of phytoplankton island ecosystems that are inhabited fisheries and open-ocean MPAs. endangered native forest birds. A in the nearshore waters off the island, and heavily used, plus given the population of Asian tiger mosquitoes which has been shown to lead to greater Rainforest Restoration comprehensive restoration efforts unexpectedly disappeared after the biodiversity within the coral reef underway, the coral reef ecosystem Conservation efforts on the island itself

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reserve, or rest area, along a 3.6-mile Chad Wiggins stretch of coastline. Early studies show the reserve to be effective in the Chad Wiggins serves as The Nature regeneration of fish populations. Conservancy’s Palmyra Program At Kiholo, Wiggins and his team Director. The program goal is to managed 6.5 acres of Kona fishpond continue to restore and protect Palmyra estuarine habitat. In partnership with while also conducting science that can local, non-profit Hui Aloha Kiholo, the School of manini fish in staghorn coral, Palmyra Atoll. Photo © Kydd Pollock / The Nature Conservancy also be used to better understand, Hawai‘i State Parks, the Ala Kahakai protect and restore tropical and marine National Historic Trail and thousands environments around the world. of volunteers and students, the team ecosystem and greater overall coral middle of a marine monument and how Palmyra provides a rare and removed more than 200 cubic yards of coverage. we can increase our understanding of important opportunity to act as living invasive vegetation and rebuilt 560 feet With this project, TNC is also working open ocean MPAs and their value to the laboratory and control environment for of traditional rock walls. to replace the non-native coconut world,” notes TNC’s Director of Science scientists to study how tropical coral Wiggins also helped establish the palm dominance with native species, Dr. Alex Wegmann. reefs and a tropical, low-lying island South Kohala Coastal Partnership. He primarily because very few seabirds The marine national monument around respond to climate impacts without the volunteers as a scientific member of the roost in coconut palms. Palmyra extends for 50 nautical miles added external stressors experienced West Hawai‘i Fishery Council, which in from the shoreline. Because Palmyra’s in populated areas. Wiggins’ focus is on collaboration with agencies, universities Coral reeFs waters are rarely fished, Palmyra identifying the factors that contribute and local communities, has prohibited The Palmyra Project is working to provides a baseline in the study of fish to the healthy coral reef ecosystem in spearfishing while using SCUBA identify what factors are keeping the species commercially harvested; fish Palmyra in order to share this baseline equipment and established protections reef on Palmyra healthy with the object species harvested for subsistence; and knowledge and understanding with for sharks. Wiggins also serves on the of sharing those lessons to help restore fish species typically fished recreationally other islands in the Pacific. Wiggins board of Hui Aloha Kiholo. reefs in other regions. in association with tourism throughout previously served as the director of The Chad Wiggins holds a Bachelor of Palmyra Atoll is one of the world‘s the Indo-Pacific region. The program also Nature Conservancy’s Hawai‘i Island Marine Science from the University of only places that has both a healthy hopes to understand the degree to which Marine Program. Hawai‘i. coral reef ecosystem plus the facilities commercial fishermen—which often As part of that role, Wiggins worked and capacity to support experimental hover at the border of the reserve to with Kona’s Ka‘ūpūlehu community for research. Other locations have research take advantage of increased fish stocks— Join Chad Wiggins for a presentation 10 years to help understand changes about coral reefs and the Palmyra facilities, but not healthy reefs free illegally fish within the boundaries of in fish abundance and coral health. In Program 2:15 pm Friday, Jan 3 at from other man-made stressors. the MPA. 2016, the community requested, and HPA Gates. Palmyra provides a rare and important “Palmyra’s mission is evolving,” notes the state approved, a 10-year marine opportunity to effectively act as a living Palmyra Program Director Chad Wiggins. laboratory and control environment for “We want to make sure the science is anthology Welcome to My Dream, a scientists to ask and answer some of aligned and that we are probing issues WWII drama Fighting Mad, an off- the most urgent questions in coral reef of significance—not just for Palmyra, but Andrew Cahill broadway musical and a short film about conservation today. for the world’s tropical oceans.” Andrew Cahill is a Peabody Award- Polar Medal recipient Myrtle Simpson. Outside of Palmyra, areas that have winning editor and producer. A principal Sustainable fisheries established MPAs—such as the island of at Cahill Bros., a New York and LA-based and open ocean MPAs Palau and Apo Island in the Philippines— Please join Andrew Cahill for discussion production company, Cahill brings 20 The third pillar of the Palmyra Project’s have seen significant economic benefit following the showing of the film Myrtle years of production and post-production science agenda—sustainable fisheries in terms of increased fish stocks and Simpson 9:30 am Friday, Jan 3 at HPA experience to his work as well as 25 and open-ocean MPAs—focuses on the tourism revenue as a result. Palmyra Gates; 3:45 pm Friday, Jan 3 at Parker years of management experience within surrounding marine national monument. provides a living laboratory to study Theatre; and 9:30 am Monday, Jan 6 at the field. His clients include CNN, ABC, Four Seasons. “We want to explore what we can exactly how MPAs allow fish stocks to Disney, Time, UBS and McKinsey. learn from having a laboratory in the rebound and thrive. Current productions include the

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and is part of Papahānaumokuākea island, Makali‘i was provisioned entirely Marine National Monument, a with food grown and harvested on the designated UNESCO World Heritage island. Site. Mokumanamana has been the The exhibit shares imagery from focus of research conducted by the the voyage itself, the preparation Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation into the that went into the voyage, the time manamana, or standing stones, found spent on the island and the island of on the island for the past 14 years. Mokumanamana itself. The exhibit Part of the findings from the research also focuses on the effort by school show that the manamana are aligned gardens and community in growing with stars and star constellations at food and material to provision the different times of the year, making the canoe and on the understanding of island itself a living star compass. The non-instrument weather forecasting voyage was planned to coincide with the and navigation. A Star Compass will be summer solstice, to make observations on display and attendees will have the at sunrise and sunset on that date. opportunity to learn about its use as After an extensive dry dock in a tool for navigators during scheduled preparation for the voyage, Makali‘i morning talks, as well as the connection The sea cliffs of Molokai are bathed in the golden light of the late afternoon sun as Makali‘i sails on her way to Honolulu and then on to Mokumanamana. Photo credit: Atsushi Sawada was launched back into the water between the star compass and the June 1, 2019. Departing June 7, 2019, manamana or standing stones found on the first leg of the voyage was from Mokumanamana. 2020 Voyager Exhibit: Kawaihae, Big Island to Hāna, Maui. The second from Hāna, Maui to Honolulu Makali‘i to Mokumanamana June, 2019 The exhibit formally opens with a (Sand Island), O‘ahu. And, the final leg ceremony 4 pm Jan 1 and will be from Honolulu to Mokumanamana. In on display at Kahilu Theatre from The Voyager Exhibit forms the basis for so it is fitting that the exhibit should conjunction with the Hoea Moku project Dec 12 through Jan 27. Exhibit talks are talks and discussions about voyaging focus on this defining voyage of Makali‘i instituted by Nā Kālai Wa‘a, and in 10 am Jan 2, 3 and 4. each year during the festival. It is an as part of our 10th year. collaboration with school gardens on the interactive tool and basis This voyage is significant A young masked booby and parent watch the photographer while crew researchers take for the discussions that to Makali‘i for a number measurements at sunrise on Ha‘ena Mauhoalālā. Photo credit: Chelsey Dickson take place during the of reasons. It marked the festival as well as for the culmination of the three- school visits that occur year Honauna Ola project, before and after the event. initiated by Nā Kālai Wa‘a Films and programs weave to train and instruct a new together with the exhibit, generation of voyagers. It as does the exhibit with the was provisioned entirely films and programs in the by food grown on island festival. and by school gardens. The 2020 Voyager Exhibit Photo credit: Chelsey Dickson And, the voyage itself was focuses on the June, 2019 undertaken in partnership voyage of Makali‘i to Mokumanamana. with the Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation, Makali‘i is the voyaging canoe based allowing crew to observe and on Hawai‘i Island and run by the participate in the research underway on organization Nā Kālai Wa‘a. Members of Mokumanamana. Nā Kālai Wa‘a have been integral to the Mokumanamana lies within the Voyager Exhibit from the beginning, and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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Chadd ‘Onohi Paishon, Nā Kālai Wa‘a and Makali‘i

Chadd ‘Onohi Paishon, along with Shorty Kālai Wa‘a in these efforts. Bertelmann, is one of the five Hawaiian Hoea Moku is the canoe sustainability Master (Pwo) Navigators who were project currently housed at Nā Kālai inducted by Master (Pwo) Navigator Mao Wa‘a’s 10-acre parcel in Hawi. The Piailug, the Micronesian navigator who project was established to explore brought the knowledge of wayfinding how modern-day voyagers could use back to Hawai‘i. He is also senior captain the canoe plants (kanu wa‘a) found of Makali‘i and helps to run Nā Kālai on Hawai‘i Island to enhance and Wa‘a, the organization perpetuate the practice of that built and manages canoe (wa‘a) construction the voyaging canoe and voyaging. The Makali‘i on Hawai‘i project’s goals are to Island. In this capacity, educate crew, ohana, he participates in and community on the the wa‘a leadership, use and cultivation of meeting regularly with canoe plants on a small Honauna Ola Objectives, culminating in the 2019 voyage of Makali‘i to Mokumanamana: the other Pwo captains. scale at the Hoea Moku Paishon first sailed property in Hawi and Instruct and evaluate 24-to-30 potential crew in the knowledge, practices on Hōkūle‘a in 1984, then on a larger scale and advanced skills required in wayfinding (non-instrument navigation) was a crewmember within the natural forest. and voyaging in order to fill the roles of captain, navigator, watch captain, on the 1992 voyage of The project offers crew, quartermaster and crew. Hōkūle‘a to Tahiti and Photo © Na‘alehu Anthony ohana, and community the Train 300 support crew in the knowledge and practices instrumental to the on- subsequently joined Clay opportunity to learn about the-ground support of a voyage. Instruct trainees to cultivate plants in canoe and Shorty Bertelmann’s efforts in the the use and care of these plants. gardens, prepare food, braid cordage and learn chants and prayers for voyage construction of the 54-foot voyaging Project Holokai provides ceremonies. Measure progress in learning and performance. canoe Makali‘i, sailing on her maiden opportunities for Hawai‘i Island students Demonstrate the knowledge, practice and skills learned through this period by voyage in 1995. Since then, Paishon to experience the canoe and attain an successfully applying them to the 2019 voyage of Makali‘i to Mokumanamana— has continued to captain Makali‘i, understanding of open-ocean voyaging both on board the canoe, as well as in the support teams on the ground. overseeing the operation of the canoe and non-instrument navigation through

and helping to run the educational all seasons. The captains and crew of Master (Pwo) Navigator Shorty Bertelmann supervises the training captain, watch captains and programs organized on Makali‘i by Nā Makali‘i meet through the year with crew as Makali’i sails past Molokai. Photo ©’Ōiwi TV. Photo credit: Jason Patterson Kālai Wa‘a. Paishon helped to captain a cohort of 30 students, providing Hōkūle‘a on several of the Worldwide youth with hands-on canoe activities voyage of Makali‘i to Mokumanamana in Voyage (WWV) legs in 2015, before to connect them with the wa‘a and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Join Chadd Paishon as he leads talks returning to the Big Island, where prepare for a coastal sail at the Paishon reflects, “There is a saying based around The Voyager Exhibit he helps to run the other programs culmination of the course. that was started by Clay Bertelmann— 10-11 am Jan 2-4 at Kahilu Theatre. maintained by Nā Kālai Wa‘a. These The Honauna Ola project focused on the canoe is our island so the island is include Hoea Moku, Project Holokai and the goal of sustaining Hawaiian cultural our canoe, he wa‘a he moku he moku he Honauna Ola. Paishon is joined by his practices and sense of well-being wa‘a; we need to care for our resources wife and navigator Pomai Bertelmann, through voyaging, with the objective of when on our canoe (wa‘a) or on our by Master (Pwo) Navigator Shorty training a new generation of voyagers. island (moku). The canoe always brings Bertelmann and other members of Nā The project culminated with the 2019 those lessons home.”

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The Voyager Exhibit Talks

The Voyager Exhibit Talks are 10-11 am Fri, Jan 3: Navigation, Crew Jan 2, 3 and 4 in front of The Voyager Training and Mokumanamana Exhibit at Kahilu Theatre. The Star Compass forms the basic framework for wayfinding. While the navigator uses a physical Star Compass Join Master (Pwo) Navigator Chadd as a learning tool to start, the navigator Paishon, other members of Nā Kālai will ultimately memorize the star Wa‘a and the Makali‘i crew to learn about voyaging and the 2019 voyage charts—through years of study—and of Makali‘i to Mokumanamana employ the Star Compass as a mental in Papahānaumokuākea Marine map to categorize the information National Monument. needed for navigation.

Thu, Jan 2: The Voyage Join Master (Pwo) Navigator Chadd Paishon to learn about the Star Compass The June, 2019 voyage of Makali‘i to and non-instrument navigation; the art Mokumanamana marked the culmination The sea birds of Mokumanamana start their day as the sun rises on the summer solstice. Photo credit: Chelsey Dickson of non-instrument weather forecasting; of years of planning and effort. the Honauna Ola project and training farms and community groups worked The logistics behind planning and program leading up to and culminating together over a three-year period Join Master (Pwo) Navigator Chadd preparation for the journey involved in the voyage; the steps undertaken by to develop recipes, grow, harvest, Paishon and others to learn more about the determination of the sail plan; the crew in training; and the connection the effort and collaboration involved in between the Star Compass and prepare and preserve food for the management of dry dock and preparation provisioning the canoe and for a special Mokumanamana. voyage. As part of this effort, schools of the canoe; and the development of an tour, tea and talk story with Māla‘ai: and community also worked to provide extensive crew training program as part The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle ceremonial cordage (kaula) and other of the Honauna Ola project. School. Participants will meet at the Sat, Jan 4: Hoe‘a Moku, Canoe material required on the canoe and theatre for initial discussion and then Plants, Kaula (cordage), made from canoe plants grown on island take the short walk to the garden. Join Master (Pwo) Navigator Chadd Mala‘ai Garden and as part of the Hoea Moku project. Paishon around a map of the Provisioning the Canoe Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to The logistics behind preparation for learn about the logistics and planning the journey involved a team of people Photo credit: Atsushi Sawada involved with the voyage, including working to ensure the canoe was the considerations involved in properly stocked and provisioned. The Māla‘ai: The Culinary Garden determining the route taken; the sailing goal for the 2019 voyage of Makali‘i of Waimea Middle School conditions encountered; and stories was to provision the canoe completely Māla‘ai, The Culinary Garden of Waimea from the voyage and time spent on Middle School cultivates the relationship Mokumanamana. with food grown sustainably on Hawai‘i Island, in collaboration with school between students and the land through gardens and community effort. Schools, growing and sharing nourishing food in an outdoor living classroom. The The view of the cliffs of Molokai from the escort vessel Alaka‘i. Photo credit: Atsushi Sawada project’s work reaches beyond the boundaries of the garden connecting land stewardship, culture, health and pleasure with lifelong learning. Māla‘ai provided over 200 servings of food for the voyage.

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Alan Friedlander, Ph.D.

Dr. Alan Friedlander is chief scientist Conservancy in Hawai‘i and is director for National Geographic’s Pristine Seas of the Fisheries Ecology Research Lab at Project where he leads research efforts the University of Hawai‘i. to understand and conserve the last Dr. Friedlander holds a Master of wild places in the ocean. Friedlander Science in Oceanography from Old has spent more than 10,000 hours Dominion University and a doctorate underwater—from coral reefs to the from the University of Hawai‘i. poles, and to depths of thousands of meters. The focus of his marine Join Alan Friedlander, Ph.D., for a conservation work ranges from small- presentation about coral reefs, global scale community-managed areas to ocean health and the economic benefits Ha‘ena Kū, Ha‘ena Ala and Ha‘ena Mauhoalālā are peaks on Mokumanamana. Photo credit: Kalā Mossman some of the largest protected areas on of marine protected areas (MPAs) the planet. 2:15 pm Friday, Jan 3 at HPA Gates. Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation He is a trustee with The Nature and Voyage Research Ka‘upulehu Marine Life Advisory As part of the 2019 Makali‘i voyage to star constellations during the summer Committee (KMLAC) Mokumanamana, the crew was able to solstice. The team methodically collaborate with the Edith Kanaka‘ole photographed star settings and risings The Ka‘ūpūlehu community observed a balanced approach that incorporated Foundation on research conducted on from specific points and observation decline in marine life and came together Hawaiian culture and state regulations. the island regarding pahu manamana, angles from the upright stones. Other to address it by forming the Ka‘upulehu The collective effort made history by the formations of standing stones found data collected included measurements Marine Life Advisory Committee (KMLAC). instituting Hawai‘i’s first marine rest on Mokumanamana (Necker Island). of the distance and angle from KMLAC is a coalition of people whose area: in July 2016, Governor David Ige Early Hawaiians placed these stones on observation points; measurements of family ties to the landscape go back for signed into law a 10-year marine reserve every populated island, but the greatest the distance between individual upright generations, joined by volunteers from a along 3.6 miles of coastline. density per square foot is found on stones on a structure; compass readings variety of constituencies. Mokumanamana. taken for each individual stone; and Over a 17-year period, the KMLAC Join Kaikea Nakachi, a member of Mokumanamana lies within the GPS recordings for each of the pahu worked with The Nature Conservancy KMLAC, as he shares a quick update Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and is manamana. and others to understand the reasons about the Ka‘upulehu Marine Reserve part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine The data collected was catalogued for the decline, learn about the science and progress observed to date National Monument, a designated and compiled into both data base and of marine management and agree on a 4 pm Friday, Jan 3 at HPA Gates. UNESCO World Heritage Site. The island spreadsheet format. is approximately 40 acres in size and hosts over 40 upright platforms or pahu The Ka‘upulehu Marine Reserve was estabished in 2016. This 10-year rest area manamana with three to 15 manamana Please join members of the Edith restricts fishing at Ka‘upulehu, so coral reefs have a chance to recover and can Kanaka‘ole research team, alongside or upright standing stones on each once again support abundant fisheries. After only two years, a survey conducted participating Makali‘i landing team platform. by The Nature Conservancy show the rest area is already having its intended crew, as they speak about the Over a period of two nights and preparation for this effort along with effect, with populations of prized wrasse, parrotfish and surgeonfish species three days, Makali‘i crew landing their experience and findings from the increasing at much higher rates inside the protected area than outside in team members worked alongside the research conducted on the 2019 voyage adjacent open areas: Edith Kanaka‘ole research team to to Mokumanamana: 1:15 pm Friday, • Wrasses: 62% inside vs. 3% outside gather data on the alignment of each Jan 3 at Parker Theatre. • Parrotfish: 30% inside vs. 3% outside standing stone relative to the rising • Surgeonfish: 46% inside vs. 21% outside and setting of particular stars and

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sea turtle researchers observed how The Mokupāpapa Andy Collins Hawaiian green sea turtles adapted Discovery Center to the disappearance of their primary Andy Collins has worked for the nesting site, East Island in French National Oceanic and Atmospheric Frigate shoals. The island was wiped been preserved and refinished to show The Mokupāpapa Discovery Center Administration (NOAA)’s Office of off the map during an unseasonal 2018 off its majesty, including a koa wood (MDC) was established in 2003 to National Marine Sanctuaries since 2001. hurricane event. Green sea turtles, staircase—sister to the one built for the interpret the natural science, culture In this capacity, Collins is director of endemic to Hawai‘i, have survived Titanic—Hawaiian hardwood floors and and history of the Northwestern the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center for for millions of years against repeated high ceilings. Hawaiian Islands and surrounding marine Papahānaumokuākea Marine National threats but now face their greatest The nature and culture of the environment. As most people will never Monument and World Heritage Site. threat in climate change and sea level Northwestern Hawaiian Islands have the opportunity to visit these Collins has led several rise. Collins is working within NOAA and comes alive at the center. Visitors remote islands, the facility, located in expeditions and programs to the with other management agencies to are transported to this remote downtown Hilo on Hawai‘i Island, serves Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and determine how best to protect and help ocean wilderness where marine life to “bring the place to the people” and Papahānamokuākea Marine National the Hawaiian green sea turtle survive. is protected, reefs thrive and the spur greater public awareness of the Monument. He works to develop Collins received his dual bachelor’s skies teem with seabirds. The Native region and ocean conservation issues. educational and outreach material to degree in forestry and ecology from Hawaiian chanting of the Kumulipo (the Housed in Hilo’s historic, century-old share information and stories about, SUNY College of Environmental Science Hawaiian creation chant) sets the mood Koehnen Building, Mokupāpapa features and contained within, these islands. and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. for exploration and learning. a 3,500-gallon saltwater aquarium, During his tenure at NOAA, Collins Collins lives with his wife Susan in interactive educational exhibits, life- has been deeply involved in work to Ahualoa on the Island of Hawai‘i. size models of wildlife found in the The center is open 9 am-4 pm Tuesday expand the protection and international Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, artwork recognition for the remote islands and through Saturday for visitors. Please join Andy Collins for an inspired by those islands and Hawaiian reefs of the Hawaiian Archipelago, exhibit titled Hidden Hawai‘i: culture, plus many interpretive panels including three expansions in size of in both Hawaiian and English. The grace The Remote Islands and Reefs of the protected area, the World Heritage Papahānaumokuākea. Learn about of the historic Koehnen building has designation and numerous campaigns to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National raise awareness of this unique place. Monument through video, art and In May 2019, Andy Collins joined interpretive content 10 am-6 pm Jan 2-4 Hidden Hawai‘i: a NOAA expedition to deploy monk in the Fairmont Orchid - Festival Exhibit The Remote Islands and Reefs of Papahānaumokuākea seal and sea turtle volunteers to their Room 2. The Festival Exhibit Room 2 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is the second largest summer field camps in the Northwestern is located across the hall from film protected area on Earth and encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. screenings. Hawaiian Islands. As part of this mission, These unpopulated islands and atolls provide a sanctuary for monk seals, sea turtles, sharks and reef fish. They also provide nesting area for more than 14

million seabirds and are the primary nesting site of the Hawaiian green sea Join Andy Collins for a presentation titled turtle. Extensive coral reefs and deep-sea habitats harbor one the highest Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles and A Changing percentages of endemic species found nowhere else on the planet. World to learn more about Hawaiian The area is also of great significance to native Hawaiian culture with the green sea turtles, their nesting cycles island of Mokumanamana having the highest density of sacred cultural sites and observations from the NOAA 2019 in the archipelago, and the island of Nihoa acting as a wayfinding point for research season in Papahānaumokuākea. training the next generation of navigators in celestial navigation. Learn The presentation will be 4:00 pm Friday, about Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument through video, art and Jan 3 at HPA Gates. interpretive content 10 am to 6 pm Jan 2-4 in the Fairmont Orchid - Festival Exhibit Room 2. The Festival Exhibit Room 2 is located across the hall from film screenings.When you are ready to explore further, visit Mokupāpapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo. Red Tail Tropicbirds. Photo © Andy Collins

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Christian Enns Origami with Bonnie Cherni/Epic Origami

A two-time National Scholastic Surfing Epic Origami was founded by Bonnie Association (NSSA) Champion and Cherni, who was inspired to fold origami Hawai‘i Amateur Surfing Association when she discovered John Montroll’s (HASA) Champion, Christian Enns spent collection of origami books at the age 10 years traveling as a professional of 15. At Epic Origami, Cherni engages surfer before settling down on the Big a team of accomplished origami Island. As an artist, Enns creates visually artists and innovative engineers to striking, Hawai‘i-themed paintings that create large-scale origami exhibitions, feature the beauty of the islands and including a recent, full gallery local shoreline, as well as intimate installation at the Denver International scenes from modern-day and traditional Airport and Big Island exhibits at ‘Imiloa Hawaiian life. Astronomy Center, Kahilu Theatre and Enns studied figurative realism and Keck Observatory. classical painting techniques at Laguna In addition to larger-than-life origami College of Art and Design in California, installations, Epic Origami is also known where he graduated cum laude with a for innovative teaching workshops Bachelor of Fine Arts. He works primarily that attract and excite audiences to with oil paint on panel or canvas. the potential of origami. Epic Origami The experience as a big wave surfer, sculptures vary from miniature to riding 50-foot waves, brings a unique, life-size and are often made of exotic personal perspective and connection mediums such as aluminum, copper and Photo © Elyse Butler Mallams to the ocean that Enns carries to his canvas, in addition to paper. work. Enns is represented by Tiffany’s Epic Origami has been featured in Art Agency and can also be viewed by several publications, including Hawaiian Join Bonnie Cherni for origami classes appointment at his studio. He creates Airlines/Hana Hou, Alaska Airlines/ noon-3 pm Jan 1-4 in the Fairmont large-scale oil paintings, for inclusion Alaska Beyond and Ke Ola Magazine. Orchid – Festival Seminar Room. The in his own body of work, as well as by Through its work, Epic Origami Festival Seminar Room is located next door to film screenings. commission. maintains a mission to raise awareness Enns often works en plein air, of endangered species through animal taking his paints and canvases to the and ocean sculptures while furthering shoreline, where he can feel and sense origami as an art form. the ocean. Over the course of the festival, attendees have been given the opportunity to watch him paint on- location. Enns has also provided artwork for the Waimea Ocean Film Festival for a number of years, including at the festival auction.

Please join Christian Enns to observe as he paints en plein air 8 am-11 am Jan 2-4 at the beach at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.

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being placed on the State Register of Isaacs Art Center Historic Places in March, 2003. A full restoration was completed in March, Through its careful curation of Hawaiian 2004. art, Isaacs Art Center has garnered the A faculty member at HPA since reputation of housing one of the most 1994, and former chair of the Fine Arts important collections of Hawaiian art in Department, Mollie Hustace took the the state. Part of Hawai‘i Preparatory helm as director of Isaacs Art Center Academy (HPA), it has a mission to raise in 2014. Hustace continues her role as money for the benefit of HPA students faculty member, offering a course in art through its financial aid program, history. while giving the community access to Prior to her faculty position at HPA, significant works of Hawaiian art and Hustace acted as visiting lecturer sculpture. in art history at ‘Iolani School and a Functioning as both museum and docent lecturer and gallery guide at the gallery, Isaacs Art Center has curated Honolulu Museum of Art. She earned its own permanent art collection with her Bachelor in Human Biology from Sunrise Cattle Drive. Artwork by Marcia Ray loans from private collectors in addition Stanford University and her Master of to offering works of art for sale. The Public Health and Master of Education permanent collection includes about 30 portray Polynesian and Hawaiian stories from the University of Hawai‘i-Manoa, oil paintings and 40 works on paper by Marcia Ray with her signature surrealist style while after studying art history in Florence. Madge Tennent. Other Hawai‘i artists being sensitive to maintain cultural Located in Waimea, Isaacs Art Center on display include Jean Charlot, Martha Marcia Ray was commissioned by Parker integrity. Her body of work spans is open 10 am-5 pm Tuesday through Greenwell, Herb Kawainui Kane, D. Ranch to complete a two-year-long oil paintings, watercolors, mosaics, Saturday. project that included researching the standing art screens, furniture and wood Howard Hitchcock, Ben Norris, Louis Hawaiian paniolo culture. As part of carvings. Large scale murals can be Pohl, Huc-Mazelet Luquiens, Horatio Nelson Poole, Lloyd Sexton, Jr. and this, she conducted written and oral seen in resorts, hospitals and shopping Join Mollie Hustace at Isaacs Art interviews and collected photographs centers on the island. Lionel Walden. Center, noon Saturday, Jan 11 for a from cowboys and families in the Ray has been commissioned by The Isaacs Art Center building dates gallery tour and discussion of the work community from the 1920s and on. hotels, restaurants, hospitals and to 1915 when it served as Waimea’s first of Madge Tennent and 20th century She then painted a series of murals for private homeowners all over Hawai‘i public school structure, bringing a sense modernism, followed by a comparison Parker Ranch based on the collected and the mainland United States. She of history and architectural warmth with the historic realism of Herb Kane and the landscape (Greenwell, Norris) documentations of her research, now lives and paints at her home studio on to the artistic display. Relocated to and figurative painting (Kiriaty, Long, displayed at Parker Ranch Center. the Big Island of Hawai‘i, as well as her the HPA campus in June 2002, it was awarded the prestigious Historic Kobzev, Long) in later 20th century Ray’s original paintings and murals commercial studio on Kawaihae Road. Hawaiian art. depict a breadth of work that showcase Marcia Ray has a Bachelor of Arts in Preservation Award from the Historic her many different styles and painting Fine Arts from the Ridgewood School of Hawai‘i Foundation in 2003-2004 after techniques. She has the ability to create Art in New Jersey and enrolled in course representations of a wide range of work at the Honolulu Art Academy. subjects, including tropical botanicals, Hawaiian landscapes, oceanic life and Join Marcia Ray for a tour and the Hawaiian cowboy lifestyle and discussion of her paniolo murals paniolo culture. 4 pm Friday, Jan 3; 3 pm Saturday, Ray also creates woodblock prints Jan 4; and 3 pm Saturday, Jan 11. of what surrounds her daily life: Participants will meet at Kahilu Theatre oceanscapes, sea life, waves and and take a short walk to the murals from there. tropical botanicals. She is able to

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The Art of Mauna Kea Beach Hotel

“Our environment is part of us. How we care for our environment and live with it, utilize and enjoy it, determines the kind of people we are and will be.” —Laurance Rockefeller Maria Paola Gabusi and Olive Oil Tasting When Laurance S. Rockefeller in the state. The resort recently worked developed Mauna Kea Resort in 1965 with Bishop Museum to restore both the Maria Paola Gabusi (Maripa), is an rebuilding two houses and a barn while he envisioned a cross-cultural resort kapa and quilts in its collection. internationally recognized extra restoring the property’s historic charm— experience embracing art and culture The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is virgin olive oil (EVOO) expert and the and opened a bed and breakfast. She from throughout Asia, Oceania, the designed to enhance the works through director, organizer and panel leader now produces, harvests and mills a Pacific Rim and the island. He engaged a layout and display. Every hallway of a rigorous, international olive oil single-varietal Casalive EVOO from her knowledgeable team of art and corner offer nooks competition. She also teaches master own organic olive oil grove. While olive experts to acquire works of and niches to house this classes for EVOO tasters and is a taster oil farmers in Italy have been recently art in what would become collection. Rockefeller for professional olive oil tasting panels. facing difficulty with changing climate recognized as the most also felt it was important After moving to Lake Garda, a region conditions, they continue to produce significant private collection to connect guests to the closely linked with olive oil and its small batch EVOO of exceptional of Oceanic and Asian art in outdoors, deciding on an trees, Gabusi studied the culture of the quality. the world. innovative design that left region, diving into the details of olive Gabusi teaches master olive oil Rockefeller saw the resort hallways and stairways open oil and its production. She eventually tasting courses internationally. She as a “unique opportunity to to the ocean. became a professional olive oil taster also organizes courses for children in bring an awareness of the As elsewhere, Rockefeller and director of the Leone d’oro dei elementary schools finding children are spirit and wisdom of the worked tirelessly for Mastri Oleari, the oldest and most already able to distinguish high quality east” to the west. His vision conservation in the state, prestigious international competition for olive oil and believing, “we only have was to “incorporate Asian personally working to raise EVOO in the world. to prepare children to choose and and Pacific arts into the funds for the acquisition of Having worked previously as an appreciate healthy food.” resort’s design in such a way an additional 10,000 acres extreme sports photographer in Milan, that the art could become, to contribute to Haleakala Gabusi moved to her grandparents’ Join Gabusi for a special olive oil tasting just as the elements National Park. He donated home on Lake Garda in 2009. It was and meal pairing in early March, 2020 of nature, a constant 50 acres in Kipahulu on a large homestead that had been at the Mediterranean-inspired Meridia influence.” Maui, including the Seven left uninhabited for 50 years and was Restaurant at The Westin Hapuna Beach Seeking cultural and Sacred Pools of Ohe‘o. His surrounded by a 2.5-acre olive grove. Resort. Details to be announced later. artistic pieces from deep seated concern for the She saved and renovated the property, Hawai‘i, Rockefeller’s environment was integrated patronage helped revive the ancient into management and design of the hotel art of Hawaiian kapa making. He and part and parcel to his interest in art. commissioned 14 large pieces of kapa (pounded tree bark) from renowned Please join a guided art tour kapa artist Malia Solomon. 9 am Saturday, Jan 4 or Saturday, Jan 11 Rockefeller also commissioned to learn more about the collection and 30 quilts from Meali‘i Kalama, now hear stories of the art, architecture and representing the largest quilt collection history of the hotel.

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patrons

Mahalo to our 2019/2020 Inner Circle Supporters A special thank you to our Inner Circle Supporters, for making the festival possible. Ludwick Family Foundation Vanguard Charitable The Liko Fund Concepción S. and Irwin Federman Polly and Tom Bredt Hazen Family Foundation Nancy S. Mueller Dawn and David Zierk Melissa A. Yeager Julie Ann Wrigley Foundation Orchids. Artwork by Sophie Twigg-Smith Teururai Judy C. Swanson Caroline Landry and David Kirk The festival is made possible because of our sponsor and patron supporters. J. Orin Edson Family William J. And Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation Penn and Net Payne Ed Storm Thank you to our exceptional 2019/2020 sponsors. Marlene and Sandy Louchheim Patsy and David Heffel SPONSORS Ann and John Broadbent Marj and Thomas Callinan Sharon and Clark Winslow Venue and Lodging Sponsors Media and Local Sponsors Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Big Island Traveler Mahalo to our 2019/2020 Circle of Friends The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i West Hawai‘i Today Thank you for joining the circle of support, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Resort Ke Ola Magazine to make the festival possible. The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort Hawai‘i Tribune Herald Kitty Egan Yen Yee and Paul Locklin Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy (HPA) Kona Law The Hoak Foundation Judy and Bob Huret Parker School Jim Hood | The Computer Doctor Jacques U. and Nancy L. Baenziger Kukio Golf & Beach Club Anna Ranch Heritage Center The Emily T. Gail Show Clemson Lam Caren Loebel-Fried and Nick M. Fried The Kamuela Inn Dana Stabenow Nancy L. Stephenson Food and Beverage Sponsors Inner Circle Sponsors Starbucks Coffee Blue. Artwork by Sophie Twigg-Smith Teururai Four Seasons Resort Hualālai Big Island Brewhaus The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i Sushi Rock Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Resort Kona Coffee and Tea The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort Angela Zink Holualoa Inn Laulima Food Patch PSAV Alaska Airlines Waimea Music AVS K2imaging, Inc. Big Island Traveler 102.7 The Beach The Wave @ 92fm Maile Charters Matson Foundation

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Thank you to our volunteers and everyone in the community who contributed to make the festival possible. A special thank you to:

Jude McAnesby Jennifer Bryan Celeste Tremblay Anoano Design Group Jolene Decker David Ellis Craig Anderson Rudy DeRochemont Tom Cross Beamer Solomon Hālau o Po‘ohala Keith M. Groves Sofia Howard Kansas Henderson Pamela Polland Uwe Walter Jayne and Tom Kerns Margo Ray Presley Van Brow Mary Beth Bartlett Jim Hood | The Computer Doctor Sarah Douglas Lisen Twigg-Smith Jessica Henley Pat and Dave Allbee Ava Williams Uncle Earl Regidor Waimea Instant Printing Kawaihae Canoe Club Phyllis Kanekuni Chelsea Morriss Megan MacArthur Barbara Garcia Patty Walker Will Zucker Jared Terpak Mark Ley Fern Gavelek David Byars

Big Island Rise. Artwork by Sophie Twigg-Smith Teururai Joe Loschiavo Christie Cash Scott Elliot Kelly Hoyle Pua Case Jerry Blevins Hālau Hula Ke‘alaonamaupua John Boyle local supporters — businesses and organizations Keomailani Case Kevin McCann Chadd Paishon Chad Wiggins Jim Hood | The Computer Doctor Maile Charters Pomai Bertelmann Maka Wiggins Volcano Mist Cottage Meridia Restaurant Keali‘i Bertelmann Anna and Danny Akaka ACE Hardware Mrs. Barry’s Kona Cookies Deb Goodwin Matt Pearce Aha Honey OK Farms Alva Kamalani Patti Cook Anahola Granola Puakea Ranch Paul Buckley 1930’s Cowboy at Pui Hale Corral. Artwork by Marcia Ray Big Island Candies Rare Hawaiian Honey Hamakua Macadamia Nut Factory Spicy Ninja Sauce Hawaiian Volcano Sea Salt Tai Shan Farms Healthways Natural Foods Tea Hawai‘i and Company Lisen and Des Twigg-Smith Canada-France-Hawai‘i Telescope Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation Body Glove Kona Ka‘u Coffee Mill Aikane Coffee Kona Coffee & Tea Sophie Twigg-Smith KTA Superstores Christian Enns Little Hands Hawaii

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Thank you to our extraordinary volunteer crew

Pat Allbee Chris Kelly Dave Allbee David L. Kopra Zellelyss Amora Kathy Kurpita Diane Ashley Elodia Le May Mary Beth Bartlett Joe Loschiavo Lisa Beyersdoerfer Ajana Jade Lowrey Sunrise Cattle Drive. Artwork by Marcia Ray Parker Beyersdoerfer Jude McAnesby Lani Bowman Kevin McCann board ocean film production Madeleine Budde Nancy Michel Worth Ludwick Founder and Director: Tania Howard Film Intro Editor: Dave Byars Jim Budde Anna Peach Tania Howard Hospitality: Lisa Shattuck PR: Fern Gavelek Communications Sydney Budde Mary Marvin Porter Melissa Yeager Event Support: Cara McCann, Jude Jessica Henley, gaiacreative Sylvie Bright Linda Preskitt Nancy S. Mueller McAnesby, Lisen Twigg-Smith, Marisa Web: Sarah Douglas, Krista Maggard Christie Cash Bruce Stern Callie Khourie McCann, Nancy Michel Accounting: Patricia Schumacher Joann D’Addio Debby Stern Photography: Beverly Warns Lorrie Dillon Derek Stuart Technical Team Lead: Jim Hurst Computer Maintenance: Nancy Erger Lisen Twigg-Smith Jim Hood | The Computer Doctor Virginia Fortner Desmond Twigg-Smith advisory board Technical Team: George Fry Patty Walker Irwin Federman Jim Hurst Design: Sarah Douglas, gaiacreative Shirley Ann Fukumoto John Week Polly and Tom Bredt Rudy DeRochemont Passes and Design Support: Krista Maureen Garry Baki Wharton Joe Fagundes, III David Byars Maggard, Jules Hart Greg Green Maka Wiggins Bruce Stern Maya-Lin Green Paul Willard John Week Dorothy Hafner Donna Worden program guide Jim Toten Sofia Howard Margo Wray Greg Green Maura Hennessy John Wray Program Editor, Writer, Photo Editor Joe Loschiavo Bob James Tisha Young and Art Director: Tania Howard Torch and Shell Ginger. Artwork by Marcia Ray Program Design and Production: Sarah Projection: Rudy DeRochemont, John Douglas and Amber Gomez Balanzar, Week, Greg Green, Bruce Stern, Jim gaiacreative Toten Principle Proof Reader and Style Guide Manager: Fern Gavelek Theatre/Desk Managers and Emcees: Proof Readers: Fern Gavelek, Bruce David Byars, Lisa Shattuck, Joe Stern, Lisa Shattuck Loschiavo, Megan MacArthur, Maka Wiggins

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