(Note the new location this year. Please use the lower-level door on the left for an accessible entrance.)

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Kon-Tiki is the story of legendary Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.  View the trailer. Based on the 1951 award-winning documentary,

The film will be followed by Q&As moderated by Christophe Crombez, Senior Research Scholar at The Europe Center.

This screening is part of the 2019 Stanford Global Studies Summer Film Festival, "Earth: Habitat for All."  For more information, please visit the Summer Film Festival webpage.

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