Moana

Moana

Released on
Documentary
Runtime
98 mins
(34 votes)

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.”

Cast

  • Ta'avale
  • Fa'amgase
  • Tama
  • T'ugaita
  • Pe'a
  • Leupenga

Director

  • Robert Flaherty
  • Frances H. Flaherty

Producers

  • Frances H. Flaherty
  • Robert Flaherty

Screenwriter

  • Frances H. Flaherty
  • Robert Flaherty

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