Rock Bottom Riser (2021)

  • NR
  • 04/30/2021 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 10m

Overview

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

Fern Silva

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Nainoa Thompson's headshot

Nainoa Thompson

master navigator
Moses Goods's headshot

Moses Goods

Henry Opukahaia
Rubellite Johnson's headshot

Rubellite Johnson

voiceover / historian
Avi Loeb's headshot

Avi Loeb

astronomer
Kalepa Baybayon's headshot

Kalepa Baybayon

voiceover / master navigator
Dwayne Johnson's headshot

Dwayne Johnson

himself
Franck Marchis's headshot

Franck Marchis

voiceover / astronomer
David Maille's headshot

David Maille

voiceover / Hawaiian activist

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