AILA'AU: Forest Eater

A wordless, immersive portrait of the 2018 Kilauea eruption on Hawaii's Big Island, the volcano's largest in two centuries, as rivers of lava move through local communities.

Staggering close-up footage of molten lava rivers swallowing forest and roads, set to an original score.

'AILA'AU: Forest Eater is a short film that takes viewers on a journey through the infamous 2018 eruption of Kilauea's lower east rift zone on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was the volcano's largest eruption in 200 years,

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