| Location: | Satawal; Polynesia |
| Subject: | Navigation |
| Length: | 60 minutes |
| Format: | DVD; 16mm; Video |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1983 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Sanford Low |
| Producer: | Sanford Low |
| Distributor: | DER; The Video Project; Pacific PeoplesŐ Partnership Library (rental only) |
| Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 330; HSL |
| Description: | Explores the ancient navigational heritage of the Pacific people. Mau Piailug, the last navigator to be ceremonially initiated on Satawal and one of the few men who still practice the once-essential art of navigation, is interviewed. In a dramatic demonstration, Mau Piailug sails the Hokule'a, a replica of an original Polynesian canoe, from Hawai'i to Tahiti, using traditional navigation techniques. |
| Record No: | 1387 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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