Struggle for Existence

2011 FESTIVAL
22 min.
Filmmaker: Laurie Sumiye Filiak.
In 2025 only five rare Palila birds survive in the wild and a woman journeys to Hawaii, known as “the Extinction Capital of the World,” to see the bird before it becomes extinct. She reflects on the fate of three other Hawaiian birds, and how they were preserved by man as each species neared extinction.