The film, which is in competition for the Best Short Documentary Award, explores the cultural identity and close connection to the land and water shared by the Rapa Nui People. The festival will ...

To get a true sense of Rapa Nui and its culture and traditions ... NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University ...

“It is important that those who own the culture are involved in the ... Harald met with the Rapa Nui delegation on Tuesday. A book about Thor Heyerdahl's voyage — he died in 2002 at the ...

And if we don't take hold of our culture, it will be lost," says Lynn Rapu, a practitioner and promoter of the arts and traditions of the Rapa Nui People, also featured in the film. "A product of ...