Pacific Heartbeat

Te Kuhane o te Tupuna

By Leonardo Pakarati and Paula Rossetti

TE KUHANE O TE TUPUNA is a journey from Easter Island to London, in search of the lost Moai Hoa Haka Nanaia, a statue of significant cultural importance. The film explores the social and political landscape of the island of Rapanui as the people attempt to claim back what is rightfully theirs: their land and a lava-rock image of tremendous presence, representing one of the world's most extraordinary cosmological views.