https://makanifilm.com/updates daily 0.75 2020-09-12 https://makanifilm.com/updates/makani-drive-in monthly 0.5 2020-09-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f45e693284119798209c932/1598416660550/DJI_0015.JPG Updates - A quick preview for the team We were graciously hosted by Natel Energy, a friend of Makani’s. https://makanifilm.com/updates/the-makani-energy-kite-collection monthly 0.5 2020-09-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f5aa1766e598e462310e525/1599844454499/20170510-20170510-3B6B0420-2.jpg Updates - The Makani Energy Kite Collection - This morning Makani shared the company’s final update with the world: 13 years worth of lessons learned https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/5f5a99f8dc1c6539abfb2e5a/5f5a9c04da3e2c0691b83121/1599773715440/20170515-0Z0A2172.jpg Updates - The Makani Energy Kite Collection https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/5f5a99f8dc1c6539abfb2e5a/5f5a9bbcecbfef5e184f5c0e/1599773698140/20181128-3B6B5575.jpg Updates - The Makani Energy Kite Collection https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/5f5a99f8dc1c6539abfb2e5a/5f5a9aa7fc64123d4cd4ec6e/1599773357913/20121010-IMG_8738.jpg Updates - The Makani Energy Kite Collection https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/5f5a99f8dc1c6539abfb2e5a/5f5a9a48a3fe5a2f38b511f8/1599773271939/20081218-IMG_3405.jpg Updates - The Makani Energy Kite Collection https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/5f5a99f8dc1c6539abfb2e5a/5f5a9a3f59de80166e8e20c1/1599773259594/20100614-IMG_3312.jpg Updates - The Makani Energy Kite Collection https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/5f5a99f8dc1c6539abfb2e5a/5f5a99f8221bf97925b372ef/1599773844429/20160415-3B6B4866.jpg Updates - The Makani Energy Kite Collection https://makanifilm.com/updates/in-advance-of-the-film-coming-out monthly 0.5 2020-09-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f5802b7d83c6f7caa52825b/1599603464795/Screen+Shot+2020-09-08+at+3.00.09+PM.png Updates - Resources - In advance of the film coming out we’ve been working to curate a selection of Makani’s technical films and photographs as a part of a Makani Collection on the Internet Archive. We’ve also ported a great many videos to a set of YouTube playlists on X’s channel as we prepare for Makani’s social channels and website to be shut down. https://makanifilm.com/home daily 1.0 2020-09-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f45f23d14efc67813f0922a/1599518848539/20190430-0Z0A3340.jpg Home - Solving hard problems Applying playful experimentation and a rigorous, systematic approach to trying, failing, and trying again, the team expands the definition of what it means to “go fly a kite”—showing us just how far an idea fueled by passion, imagination, and hard work can be pushed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f46adffc6028c30a2f68999/1599519204423/20140721-3B6B2580.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f46a91876cc5e3c6528a864/1598466412464/20181205-3B6B6773.jpg Home - Edited & Narrated by Andrea Dunlap https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f46a8b7c1ecb2033e2e98b8/1598466270830/20161007-3B6B8359.jpg Home - Written & Directed by Kate Stirr https://makanifilm.com/our-story daily 0.75 2020-09-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f572fd3fccd86693ec5d77a/1599549559447/20190403-0Z0A9959.jpg Who - Makani teammates Kate & Andrea were part of Makani’s Flight Testing team. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f5723a98063d021592d4aaa/1599546297865/IMG-3143.jpg Who - Kate Stirr, Writer & Director Kate Stirr is a visual artist and storyteller from Oakland, California. Building on her experience as a hardware prototyper, wilderness traveler, and science educator, Kate’s work explores the shifting relationships between technology, people, and the world we inhabit. In her five years at Makani, Kate worked on flight hardware, built relationships with the communities near Makani’s test sites, documented flight tests, and led external communications. In Pulling Power From the Sky, Kate weaves together equal reverence for technical detail, the human spirit, and natural beauty. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f57235658ec0849a00d394a/1599669174703/20190304-3B6B8266.jpg Who - Andrea Dunlap, Editor, Narrator, Cinematographer Andrea Dunlap is an artist and digital storyteller living in Alameda, California. She makes work that exists at the intersection of beauty and scientific accuracy, with an emphasis on the the human moments that amplify our connection to technology and the natural world. Andrea spent fourteen years behind the camera at Makani, accelerating the team’s engineering process through technical footage of flight tests, documenting the passion and camaraderie of the team, and sharing Makani’s progress with the world. Pulling Power From the Sky skims the surface of Andrea’s masterful archive. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f45ae3c3c97f044469eb892/1599545017838/20170412-0Z0A9137.jpg Who Kate airborne during a very quick stop while we checked on cameras near the kite before a test flight in the California Desert, 2017. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f440e3da594ff71beb8bbe2/t/5f45facfd81c136a4766152c/1599675545106/20161028-3B6B1101.jpg Who Ken Nekrash steadying the kite the first time we transported the kite with its tail still attached. Prior to this moment we would remove the tail for transport back and forth to the tent where the kite was maintained or stored during bad weather. https://makanifilm.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-09-07