Moana
07/01/1926
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.”
Documentary
Movie Information
Ta'avale
as Moana
Fa'amgase
as Moana's Fiancé
Tama
as Moana's Father
T'ugaita
as Moana's Mother
Pe'a
as Moana's Younger Brother
Leupenga
as Moana's Older Brother
