From a press release by the Honolulu Foundation

“Gaia Symphony No. 3,” a documentary series produced by Jin Tatsumura and featuring Hokule'a navigator Nainoa Thompson, Michio Hoshino (Wildlife photographer, Japan) and Freeman Dyson (Physicist, USA), will premiere in Hawai'i in October.

The Friends of “Gaia Symphony,” a part of the Honolulu Foundation, has scheduled a screening at the Doris Duke Theatre of the Honolulu Academy of Arts on Saturday, October 27 at 2 pm. (Sold out.). A second screening will be held on Sunday, October 28, at 2 pm in Spalding Auditorium at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Director Tatsumura will be at the screenings. Tatsumura and Thompson are scheduled for short talks at a Friends of “Gaia Symphony” reception and dinner at the Halekulani Hotel on October 26 (Friday) to raise funds in support of the activities of Thompson and the Polynesian Voyaging Society who are nourishing the Hawaiian cultural heritage.

Tickets for the screenings ($10) are available at Catch USA, located on the second floor of the Waikiki Trade Center, and through the members of Friends of “Gaia Symphony.”

For information about the “Gaia Symphony No. 3” screening and the reception/dinner, call (808) 457-1740, fax to (808) 732-8430, or email gaia3@honolulufoundation.org.

From the Gaia Symphony Website: "Gaia Symphony No. 3 is dedicated to the late Michio Hoshino, a photographer of Alaskan wildlife, who died immediately before the production of this film started, in which he was to appear. The film traces Hoshino's life and death while introducing people surrounding him, such as a native American storyteller, a wildlife guide, a whale researcher, a canoe builder, and others, who chose to live their lives in the rhythms of nature. Their stories eloquently illustrate the eternal cycles of life on the Mother Earth, Gaia.

Freeman Dyson, an astrophysicist and a mathematician, talks about the meaning of life circulating in a cosmic scale through his broad scientific view and deep insight into human nature. Nainoa Thompson, a native Hawaiian ocean canoe navigator, expresses the importance of knowing and perpetuating the wisdom possessed by our ancestors. Gaia Symphony No. 3 depicts wondrous connections and interactions, from ancient times through the present day, between the native peoples of Alaska, Hawai'i and northern Japan all linked by the Pacific Ocean. It awakens our deeply-stored memory from over five thousand years ago, and takes our thoughts to the "mind of Gaia" and the "mystery of life."

The “Gaia Symphony” documentary film series—the first section of which was released in Japan in 1992—delivers the message that planet earth is a living organism and we humans are given lives as part of that organism. This strong message captivated the hearts of many viewers who were interested in environmental protection as well as the relationship between the earth and people, and eventually led to the production of a total of six films to date. Films in the “Gaia Symphony” series have been presented in many places, both inside and outside Japan solely on a non-profit basis. Indeed, the series is a hidden, enduring hit that has not resorted to commercial distribution.