Moana poster

Moana( 1926)

TV-MADocumentary
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Overview

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.”

    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • south seas
    • indigenous
    • coconut
    • samoa
    • polynesia
    • polynesian
    • oceania
    • 1920s
    • ethnographic film
    • tattoo art
    • dance ritual
    • native
    • docufiction