Moana poster

MOVIE

Moana

1926 • HD • NR • 98min

RATING

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Story

In the South Seas, Samoan village life is portrayed 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 pride of beauty and pride of strength.

Country United States Language English

Genre Documentary

Keywords #south seas #indigenous #1920s #tattooing #samoa #rite of passage #polynesia #coconut #polynesian #oceania

Credits

Robert Flaherty photo

Robert Flaherty

director

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