Western Lights

Cinema

Set sail with a dozen sun-bronzed boys on a field-trip through history in Western Lights, a fascinating documentary originally produced for French television. 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.