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Kathy: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
THE POWERFUL NEW DOCUMENTARY,
"EATING UP EASTER," WILL HAVE
FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY HALE
KULANI.
HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT, THE
FILM'S DIRECTOR SERGIO RAPU.
BIG PREMIER TOMORROW.
EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT.
CAN YOU JUST TELL US ABOUT THIS
FILM?
WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
YEAH.
RIGHT ON.
WELL, THIS FILM IS REALLY A
MODERN DAY STORY ABOUT MY
COMMUNITY, PEOPLE IN RAPA NUI.
WE KIND OF SEE IT AS A MODERN
DAY SURVIVING I IN THE MOST REMOTE
ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PACIFIC.
THERE IS A MASSIVE BOOM IN
TOURISM DOWN THERE.
WE ARE A TINY ISLAND.
ABOUT A TENTH THE SIZE OF OAHU.
AND SO REALLY, IN THIS FILM, WE
TRY AND INVESTIGATE HOW DO WE
DEAL WITH BECOMING A MODERN
GLOBALIZED COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO
DEALING WITH THE TRASH AND ALL
THE THINGS THAT COME WITH THIS
MASSIVE BOOM AND ALL THIS
DEVELOPMENT.
Kathy: AND YOU WERE BORN
AND RAISED IN RAPA NUI.
I WAS.
Kathy: SO IT'S A VERY
PERSONAL STORY FOR YOU.
YEAH.
Kathy: HOW DID YOU EVEN
BEGIN TO KNOW WHAT ANGLES YOU
WOULD TAKE?
WHO YOU WOULD FOLLOW AND
SUPPORT.
GOOD QUESTION.
A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE
INVESTIGATE WITH QUESTIONS I'VE
ASKED MYSELF.
THIS IDEA OF, HOW DO WE STILL
CARE FOR A PLACE IF WE DON'T
LIVE THERE?
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND RAPA NUI BEING THE SIZE THAT
IT IS, WE SEE THESE CHANGES
HAPPENING DRASTICALLY EVERY SIX
MONTHS, EVERY YEAR.
EVERY TIME I WOULD GO BACK, I
WOULD SEE THAT.
AND MY SON WAS BORN.
THE QUESTION NOT ONLY WAS, HOW
ISLAND HE WILL INHERIT IN THE
FUTURE?
Kathy: TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE, I
WOULD SAY CHARACTERS BUT THEY'RE
PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL BE
FOLLOWING.
TELL US ABOUT THEM.
ABSOLUTELY.
MY DAD IS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS.
HE WAS THE FIRST NATIVE
ARCHEOLOGIST ON RAPA NUI.
HE'S ALSO THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF
RAPA NUI.
TODAY HE'S A DEVELOPER.
HE IS TRYING TO BUILD NOT ONLY
AND SEVERAL MODERN LUXURIES.
NOT NECESSARILY A BLACK AND
WHITE ISSUE.
IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE BALANCE ALL
OF THE GOOD AND BAD TO BE
SUSTAINABLE AS AP ISLAND?
AND YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL COUPLE.
BOTH MUSICIANS.
THEY USE MUSIC TO TEACH LANGUAGE
TRASH TO BUILD A COMMUNITY
CENTER.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE LEADER IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY IN SORT OF FIGHT FOR
HOW DO WE FEEL WITH ALL THIS
TRASH ON RAPA NUI, BUT THAT
INTERNATIONAL TRASH THAT WASHES
UP ON OUR SHORES.
THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
MAKE CRO PLASTICS IN THE OCEAN
THAT GATHER IN CERTAIN PARTS IN
THE WORLD, AND RAPA NUI IS ONE
OF THEM, AS IS HAWAI'I.
Kathy: WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE
AUDIENCE TAKES AWAY FROM THE
THRILL?
GOOD QUESTION.
THIS FILM, IN PARTICULAR TO
HAWAI'I, WE AREN'T JUST BUILDING
BRIDGES.
RAPA NUI IS ONE CORNER OF THIS
TRIANGLE THAT HAWAI'I IS ANOTHER
CORNER OF.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT
HAWAI'I HAS BECOME A LEADER IN,
NOT ONLY IN THE COUNTRY AND
PACIFIC AND WORLD WHEN IT COMES
TO SUSTAINABILITY AND BALANCE
AND CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH EACH
OF OUR COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE
FUTURE.
Kathy: WONDERFUL.
I LOVE THE NAME, "EATING UP
EASTER."
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WORLD
PREMIER TONIGHT IN A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
GOING, BUT TONIGHT, DOLE CANNERY
AT 5:30.
AND WE PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW AT
11.
WE'LL BE THERE FOR BOTH
SCREENINGS.
Kathy: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BECOME WITH US.