
This award-winning PBS documentary sweeps viewers into a seafaring adventure with a community of Polynesians, as they build traditional sailing canoes, learn how to follow the stars across the open ocean, and embark upon a 2,000-mile voyage in the wake of their ancestors.
Directed byGail K. Evenari


Featuring
Napualani Cassidy
Narrator

Patrick Stewart
Captain Cook
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