Shining a Spotlight on Local Solutions to Global Challenges
Threatened by climate change and globalization, Easter Island provides a wake-up call for the rest of the world. Directed by filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu, Eating Up Easter explores the challenges Easter Island faces, and the intergenerational fight to preserve their culture and environment.
What might we learn from Rapa Nui, as we confront this uniquely global problem? How can we collectively support one another, our communities, and our earth?
Join us for a special Indie Lens Pop-Up interactive live chat and online screening of Eating Up Easter, featuring a live stream Q&A and community-led breakout discussions on topics such as responsible tourism and our National Parks, environmental sustainability in New Jersey, and more.
Q&A with special guests:
Sergio Mata’u Rapu, Director and Producer, Eating Up Easter
Elena Rapu, Producer and Writer, Eating Up Easter
Mahani Teave, Classical Pianist and Film Subject, Eating Up Easter
Rachel Bowen Pittman, Executive Director, United Nations Association of the United States of America
Leanne Kaʻiulani Ferrer, Executive Director, Pacific Islanders in Communications (moderator)
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About the Film
Eating Up Easter by Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Elena Rapu
More than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Directed by native Rapa Nui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu, Eating Up Easter explores the challenges his people are facing, and the intergenerational fight to preserve their culture and a beloved environment against a backdrop of a modernizing society and a booming tourism trade.
Crafted as a story passed down to his newborn son, Rapu intertwines the authentic history of the island with the stories of four islanders, crafting a moving portrait of a society striving to keep step with the rest of the world while maintaining its own unique identity, and asking the next generation, "what will be left for you?"
Eating Up Easter will air on PBS's Independent Lens on May 25 at 10/9c. Check local listings.
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This event is hosted by Indie Lens Pop-Up in collaboration with Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Basin PBS, Charitable Film Network, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Global Peace Film Festival, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kansas City Public Library, KIXE, KMOS-TV, MontanaPBS, National Conference for Community & Justice, New Hampshire PBS, Panhandle PBS, PBS Hawai‘i, Pickford Film Center, The Puffin Foundation, Red River Theatres, RiverRun Films With Class, Teaneck International Film Festival, Toki Rapa Nui, United Nations Association of the USA, WCTE, WKAR, and WSIU Public Broadcasting.
With support from ITVS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Kartemquin Films, Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), Plastic Oceans International, and PBS.
Post-Screening Talk Back: Think Global, Act Local
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Post-Screening Talk Back: Think Global, Act Local
Sales end in 9 hoursJoin the Puffin Foundation and Teaneck International Film Festival for a post-screening discussion on community-based environmental sustainability in Teaneck and New Jersey. The Talk Back will begin at 9:30pm ET, immediately following the EATING UP EASTER screening on May 26. Conversation topics include: preservation of green spaces, impact of over development, and the impact of CSX trains carrying volatile Bakken crude oil through our communities. Panelists include: -- Moderator: Harriet Shugarman - Executive Director of ClimateMama -- Dr. David Robinson - New Jersey State Climatologist & Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University -- Alexa Fantacone, M.S., M.A. - Executive Director of The Teaneck Creek Conservancy -- Paula Rogovin - Activist, Educator, Author and Co-Founder of The Coalition to Ban Unsafe Oil Trains & Don't Gas The Meadowlands Coalition