The Raftsmen

In 1973, a dozen misfits from seven countries embark on a seemingly impossible mission. They have been hand-picked by a hypnotically charming Spanish explorer, Vital Alsar. He doesn’t want sailors but instead picks oddballs like a French restaurant owner with a handful of seafood recipes and Chilean geologists on the run from Pinochet’s death squads. Their aim will be to cross the world’s largest ocean on three handmade wooden rafts. To prove - where the Kon Tiki failed - that the South Pacific may have been colonized by South American mariners. Half a century after setting sail, never-before-seen footage has been beautifully remastered in 4K. The surviving raftsmen and loved ones finally share the incredible story of the world’s longest ever raft journey.