PUHI — The Kaua‘i Community College Fine Arts Auditorium hosts a free screening of “Miss South Pacific,” an award-winning documentary film about the impacts of climate change on low-lying South Pacific Islands, on Tuesday.
PUHI — The Kaua‘i Community College Fine Arts Auditorium hosts a free screening of “Miss South Pacific,” an award-winning documentary film about the impacts of climate change on low-lying South Pacific Islands, on Tuesday.
“Miss South Pacific” was produced by Kaua‘i attorney and filmmaker Teresa Tico, who documented seven days of the Miss South Pacific Pageant in Suva, Fiji.
The film features contestants who represent island nations most immediately threatened by the impacts of climate change.
Following the screening, Tico and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) climate activist Hete Huki will answer questions. Huke, the presidential advisor on Indigenous issues in Chile, has studied the impacts of climate change on the fragile ecosystems and coastlines of Rapa Nui.
“I’ve been working on a Plan for Climate Change in Rapa Nui since 2016,” said Huke. “Every impact that we could predict at that moment has happened. The disturbing fact is that everything started to happen much earlier than expected. It’s really frightening.”
Co-sponsored by the Kaua‘i Climate Action and Kaua‘i Community Sustainability Committee, the event will open with live music from The Rocky Fox.
Doors open at 5 p.m.
For more information and to register for the event, email kauaiclimate@gmail.com.
