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Moana (1926)
98 minDocumentary
TMDb6.7/1038 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.”
Country: United States, Samoa
Director: Robert Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty
Cast
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Ta'avale
Moana
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Fa'amgase
Moana's Fiancé
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Tama
Moana's Father
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T'ugaita
Moana's Mother
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Pe'a
Moana's Younger Brother
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Leupenga
Moana's Older Brother
Keywords
Plot:south seasindigenouscoconuttattooingsamoapolynesiarite of passagepolynesianoceaniamanhoodethnographic filmtattoo artdance ritualnativemarriage ritedocufictionindigenous tribes
Time:1920s
Place:polynesian island
