Overview - Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary

Runtime: 57 minutes

Homepage: Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

Revenue data not disclosed

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: PalikÅ« Documentary Films

    Production country

Overview

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. For Native Hawaiians, this expedition signaled an exodus from the cultural doldrums of the previous century. Sail along on this remarkable journey and share Mau's story of reinvigoration, reconciliation, and redemption of a people as the master wayfinder and teacher that breathed life back into the sails Polynesia's voyaging tradition.

Cast

  • Name: Puakea Nogelmeier

    Character: Narrator (voice)

    Popularity: 0.0193

  • Name: Mau Piailug

    Character: Himself

    Popularity: 0.0662

  • Name: Leah Kihara

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.0389

  • Name: Elisa Yadao

    Character:

    Popularity: 0.1225