Product Review

Set sail with a dozen sunbronzed boys on a field-trip through history in this fascinating documentary originally produced for French television. This home video version is culled from all thirteen episodes and features a real-life cast of handsome young adventurers on board the sailing ship Karrek Ven. The boys are students from an experimental school and the assignment is to follow the trail of Christopher Columbus on his journey to the New World. The emphasis is definitely on education, but along the way there's plenty of time for fun, with the usual teen high jinks plus whale watching, snorkeling and good old fashioned skinny dipping. WESTERN LIGHTS combines the excitement of an ocean adventure with a new approach to learning and the result is a unique and entertaining piece of cinema verite suitable for the kid in all of us. Highly Recommended!