Eating Up Easter

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Eating Up Easter

2018

1h 10m

Documentary

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7 Reviews

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The most isolated community in the Pacific grapples with environmental and social challenges brought on by booming tourism and rapid development.

John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

04/23/2020

Ultimately, the doc doesn't offer a comprehensive look at the problems Rapa Nui faces today, and it certainly doesn't dig into the complaints Rapu has with some historians' account of how the island became a treeless plain.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

07/07/2020

3/5

Rapa Nui can serve as more than a misrepresented example of folly. Through work like this, it might help to illuminate a positive way forward for us all.

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Louis Proyect

Counterpunch.org

06/30/2020

Despite its tiny population (under 8000), this island has lessons that the rest of the world needs to take in. It is a laboratory in environmental sustainability that this film portrays vividly.

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Edwin Arnaudin

Asheville Movies

04/26/2020

3.5/5

The mindfulness instilled in receptive audience members could very well be the film's greatest achievement, and makes one wonder how Rapa Nui's citizens are doing right now.

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Lisa Trifone

Third Coast Review

04/25/2020

2.5/4

It's clear there is no shortage of important stories for Rapu to tell, and his worst offense may be trying to tell them all in a single film.

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

04/25/2020

8/10

Director Rapu beautifully designs Eating Up Easter as a story told to his newborn son about his family's origins in Rapa Nui.

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Liz Kaar

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The most isolated community in the Pacific grapples with environmental and social challenges brought on by booming tourism and rapid development.

Director: Sergio Mata'u Rapu
Producer: Elena Kouneski Rapu
Screenwriter: Liz Kaar, Elena Kouneski Rapu
Production Co: Mara Films, Pacific Islanders in Communications, Kartemquin Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 27, 2020
Runtime: 1h 10m