EATING UP EASTER
FREE outdoor screening!
THURSDAY, August 8, 8:00 PM
outdoors on the Aquinnah Circle
For centuries, the monolithic mo’ai statues and sensationalized "mysteries" of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui (as its aboriginal Polynesian people and language are also known), have drawn curious visitors to its shores. Today, the tiny, barren island is experiencing an economic boom as tourism skyrockets. Yet its indigenous culture and fragile environment are suffering.