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Timeless Craft

TIMELESS CRAFT documents three generations of Pacific Islanders — from Micronesia, Hawai’i and the Marquesas — as they construct a coastal outrigger sailing canoe using traditional tools, methods and materials. TIMELESS CRAFT weaves an atmosphere of quiet beauty and reverence. No visible trappings of the modern world appear in the unfolding scenes that evoke pre-contact Polynesia, a time when master carvers sharpened their rudimentary tools on whetstones and crafted vessels that carried them among local islands and to the far corners of the Pacific.

  • Gail Evenari
    Director
    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
  • Gail Evenari
    Writer
    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
  • Maiden Voyage Productions
    Producer
    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyessey
  • Mau Piailug
    Key Cast
    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey, The Navigators
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 30, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4x3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Maiden Voyage Productions
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Gail Evenari

Gail has been working in the fields of media making and education for over three decades – with a focus on producing award-winning films and developing interdisciplinary, curriculum materials. Her PBS documentary, Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey, was funded by National Endowment for the Humanities. She is currently working on a project that uses Virtual Reality films and interactive media to teach empathy to children.

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Director Statement

I am passionate about working on projects that foster the growth of informed and engaged citizens of the world - through making films, leading service trips and sharing interactions with diverse local and global communities.