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March 02, 2012

The Navigators - Pathfinders of the Pacific

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Sam Low's Screening Room - a page about the making of his benchmark film The Navigators - Pathfinders of the Pacific:
http://www.samlow.com/screeningroom/navigators-clippings.html

"The Navigators - Pathfinders of the Pacific" - was first shown nationally in prime time on PBS in 1983 and later broadcast internationally in Europe and South America. It was awarded a Cine Golden Eagle, a Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival and a Silver Anvil and has been screened at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology film series, Film/Video International at Castle Hill, Honolulu Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Nantes Festival International de film du Mer, among other venues."
Filming the interview with Mau
A navigation lesson in Mau's canoe house
Filming a wedding on Satawal
Mau's canoe at sea off Satawal
A link here to The New Film Company who sells the film: