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Song of Rapa Nui
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Song of Rapa Nui

Nov 30, 2020
1h 1m
★ 10.0

Overview

This feature length documentary tells the story of Mahani Teave who grew up on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and left at age 9 to pursue her dream of being classical pianist-a journey that takes her from mainland Chile to The Cleveland Music Institute to Berlin and the great concert halls of Europe. At the age of 30, on the brink of international success, Teave gives up her career to pursue a new dream, coming back full circle to Rapa Nui to found a free music school for the island's children. The resulting school-named Toki, after the basalt tool once used to shape Easter Island's iconic sculptures-is a model of sustainability, incorporating tons of tires, bottles and Pacific Ocean plastic; surrounded by agri-environmental gardens to grow food. With Toki, Mahani hopes to shape a bold new future for Rapa Nui and inspire hope and change on Earth, our island home.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Fidget Films
Rushmore Productions

Cast

Audra McDonald

Narrator

Audra McDonald

Mahani Teave

Self

Mahani Teave

Enrique Icka

Self

Enrique Icka

Sergei Babayan

Self

Sergei Babayan

Krishana Thiagarajan

Self

Krishana Thiagarajan

Fabio Bidini

Self

Fabio Bidini

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