PBS Hawai’i Broadcast
Yesterday, I received an email from PBS Hawai’i, letting me know that they have scheduled “When Silence Becomes the Song” for broadcast on Thursday, October 8th at 8:30 pm (HST), with a repeat on Sunday, October 11th at 1:00 pm (HST).
The email mentioned the film continues to draw viewers on their YouTube page, with over 4.5K views. They said the film also continues to draw viewers on their website.
If you go on the PBS website, you will be able to view the panel discussion between Chuck Parker (VP of Content, PBS Hawai’i), Cali Crampton (Project Manager, Kaua’i Forest Bird Recovery Project) and myself. This conversation took place on November 14th 2024, prior to the broadcast premiere of the film and covers topics such as captive breeding initiatives, active conservation strategies and community action, including predator control, incompatible male mosquito suppression, trail biosecurity protocols, and legislative advocacy.
Since the first broadcast of the film, a lot has happened to our Kaua’i forest birds. The ‘akikiki is now extinct in the wild, and besides the ‘apapane, all native birds are now critically endangered and being relocated to the Maui Bird Conservation Center and Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (on Hawaiʻi Island) for their protection. This past July, Fern Ānuenue Holland of the Kaua’i Council invited Bret Nainoa Mossman (State of Hawai’i DLNR) to give an update on the subject. You can see his presentation here, starting at 46’45”.
This third broadcast of the film in October will coincide with our Cincinnati events and collaborations with our Hawai’i delegation of scientists, artists and cultural practitioners. We will be filming everything, and the plan is to output a second documentary film to follow up on the first one.
If you want to be part of these upcoming media projects, we invite you to connect with us via our Contact Us page. More than ever, we need to mālama our birds and reconnect with Nature.
– Ella