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Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

Original title: Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Year: 2010
Running time: 60 min.
Country: Micronesia
Director: Na'alehu Anthony
Screenwriter: Leah Kihara, Elisa Yadao
Cast: Documentary, Self: Mau Piailug, Kawainui Kane, Ben Finney, Billy Richards
Music: Gaylord Holomalia
Cinematography: Na'alehu Anthony
Producer: Co-production Micronesia-United States;
Paliku Documentary Films
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: A documentary that takes a retrospective look at the influence of Mau Piailug, a native from the tiny Micronesian atoll of Satawal, in reviving the art of non-instrument navigation in Polynesia. Relying solely on his knowledge of celestial bodies, oceanic currents, and natural markers, Mau guided the traditional sailing canoe Hokulea on a 1976 voyaging to Tahiti, a journey not completed in more than 600 years.

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Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

2010

Na'alehu Anthony