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“Hawaii is a particularly fraught battleground in the GMO debate, and pro surfer/director Cyrus Sutton dives right into it with three locals: cultural practitioner and educator Malia Chun, biotechnology PhD student Cliff Kapono, and pro surfer/MMA fighter/mayoral candidate Dustin Barca. It’s a compelling personal look at an issue that’s become something of a terrifying catchphrase.”
“What’s happening in Hawaii effects the rest of the country and visa versa. These tiny Islands are a microcosm for the problems we all face but also the solutions we could embody.”
“If you’re not already well versed in the corporate (and political) takeover of Hawaii by big-money agriculture interests, Island Earth is likely to send you into a fist-clenching rage.”
“[Cyrus’s] latest film carries much more weight, as he examines how the GMO industry is changing Hawaii with widespread use of pesticides and legislative entanglements, having awakened a citizenry that is not willing to sit by idly as their food supply is determined for them.”
“Agribusiness takes a well-deserved hit in Cyrus Sutton’s doc, cannily focused on the Hawaiian Islands, where ludicrously, 90 percent of the food is shipped in while prodigiously fertile land, which filled everyone’s belly for millennia, is blighted by monoculture or the ongoing use of restricted pesticides.”
“While Island Earth explores the difficult and much-debated issues of genetic modification and experimentation on food, the film also proposes solutions through characters who are dedicated to growing and eating locally in a state that imports more than 85 percent of its food.”