Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey

Name: Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
Director: Gail K. Evenari
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1999-05-06
Cast: Napualani Cassidy, Patrick Stewart

1999 · 57 min · Documentary

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 by Gail K. Evenari · Written by Gail K. Evenari

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Napualani Cassidy Narrator
Patrick Stewart Captain Cook

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Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey

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