Moana
Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, portraying Samoan village life with a painterly eye. Blending ethnographic detail with a romanticized “Gauguin idyll,” the film celebrates daily rituals, communal traditions, and the passage into adulthood, suffused with what Flaherty called “pride of beauty, pride of strength.”
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Frances H. Flaherty, Robert Flaherty
Actors: Fa'amgase, Leupenga, Pe'a, T'ugaita, Ta'avale, Tama
Country: United States of America
