Made in Taiwan (2006)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 45M
Director : Dan Salmon
Synopsis
Oscar Kightley and Nathan Rarere reverse the mind blowing ocean voyage of their distant Pacific ancestors. Following a DNA trail, they travel thousands of miles, and meet people their ancestors would have left behind thousands of years earlier, before arriving on the shores of Taiwan and discovering for themselves the origins of their people.
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