Rock Bottom Riser

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Fern Silva

Writers

Fern Silva

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

9 September 2021

Ensemble

Cast

• Nainoa Thompson

  Self - Master Navigator

• 

  Moses Goods

  Henry Opukahaia

• Rubellite Johnson

  Self - Historian

• 

  Avi Loeb

  Self - Astronomer

• Kalepa Baybayon

  Self - Master Navigator

• 

  Dwayne Johnson

  Self

• Franck Marchis

  Self - Astronomer

• David Maille

  Self - Hawaiian Activist