Giant Screen Films
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti
A-Film: Now Showing - general audience
Starring world surfing champion and Florida native, Kelly Slater, this film has everything you could want from a giant screen film. Set on the picture-perfect beaches of Tahiti, the film follows Slater as he seeks out the perfect wave-riding experience. Kelly, alongside famed Tahitian surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer, settles on the surf site, Teahupo’o for his quest.
The film looks at surfing from through two perspectives – Kelly, who sees surfing as a competitive sport and Raimana, who views it as an ancient Polynesian art form. Using an expert combination of live action and animation, the film explores the hidden forces at work shaping the waves, the sources of a wave’s energy; as well as the atmospheric conditions that shape a wave’s long journey across thousands of miles of open Pacific. No ocean film is complete without a look at a region’s sea life and The Ultimate Wave Tahiti doesn’t disappoint, showcasing turtles, fish and sharks.
All films are included in your general admission ticket.
For more information about The Ultimate Wave Tahiti, visit the fimmaker's website at www.ultimatewavetahiti.com.
Amazon
B-Film: Now Showing - general audience
Treacherous, yet majestic, the Amazon River is a living paradox. Home to some of the most breathtaking creatures and vegetation in the world, this river and the ecosystem it supports brims with mystery and adventure.
The magic of this region is brought to life in Academy award-winning director Keith Merrill’s film Amazon. Join American Ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin and Tribal Shaman Julio Mamani as they search for the medicinal qualities of the native plants of the area. The pair encounters the indigenous tribe, the Zoe, as well as exotic animals including the jaguar, pipa toad and sloth, as well as pink dolphins, electric eels and piranhas.
Behind the beautiful cinematography is a message of conservation and respect for this region of the world; raising awareness of growing problems in the rainforest such as tribal extinction, threatened plant species and endangered fish.
Sharks
C-Film: Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. - general audience
Presented by renowned ocean explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sharks is a 42-minute giant screen documentary that aims to rehabilitate the public image of sharks and help put an end to the steady decline of the global shark population. The film depicts sharks as they really are - not wicked man-eating creatures, but wild, fascinating and endangered animals that have been in existence since a million years before the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
By allowing audiences to bear witness to various shark species in their natural environment, they see how these fish are essential to the survival of our oceans. As the most advanced predators on earth, they are the final element in the marine food chain, maintaining the complex webs of life below them. For more information about Sharks, please visit the filmmaker's site at SharksFilm.com.
Planetarium Shows
Orlando by Night
First & Third Saturday of each Month at 1:00 p.m. - general audience
Join experts from Crosby Observatory and Dr. Phillips CineDome to explore the menageries of the evening's constellations. Lose yourself among distant worlds, the Sun and the Moon. During this live presentation, visible planets will be identified and various constellations observable from Central Florida will be discussed. After the show, continue your exploration in the observatory with telescope observing.
26 July 2010
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So you’ve just seen The Ultimate Wave Tahiti at the Orlando Science Center and now you want to go surf the big waves of Tahiti. Assuming you know how to surf (not an easy task!), you’ll probably want to learn the language of Tahiti. Well, here are some interesting facts about the Tahitian Language, or “Reo Tahiti.” Get out your pen and paper!
The Tahitian Language does not contain a “B,” even though one of the most famous islands in Tahiti is “Bora Bora.” This is because when early visitors heard of the island, they mistook “Pora Pora” for “Bora Bora.”
Another interesting fact about the Tahitian Language is that their alphabet includes what is called a “glottal stop,” or ‘eta. To English speakers, this would appear to be an apostrophe, but it is in fact a consonant. For example, the word for fish in Tahitian is i'a.
Now let’s say you’ve mastered all of the words in Tahitian. Something you’d have to keep in mind is the word order. In English, our general sentence structure is Subject Verb Object (SVO). For example, “I ate cake.” “I” is the subject, “ate” is the verb, and “cake” is the object. In the Tahitian Language, the order is “Verb Subject Object.” So a proper sentence in Tahiti would be “Ate I cake!”
If you haven’t seen The Ultimate Wave Tahiti, be sure to check it out at the Orlando Science Center.
