Movie

Moana

Release: 1926 Runtime: 1h 38min Rating: NR Language: English

Documentary

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.”

Status: Released
Original language: EN
Production countries: United States of America, Samoa
Production: Robert Flaherty Productions Inc.

Trailer for Moana

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Audience rating

6.7 / 10 (38 votes)

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Director

Robert Flaherty , Frances H. Flaherty

Main crew

Bob Roberts — Director of Photography
Robert Flaherty — Director of Photography
Julian Johnson — Editor
Frances H. Flaherty — Editor
Robert Flaherty — Editor
James C. Bradford — Original Music Composer
Frances H. Flaherty — Producer
Robert Flaherty — Producer

Cast

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

Themes and genres

Documentary south seas indigenous coconut tattooing samoa polynesia rite of passage polynesian oceania 1920s manhood ethnographic film tattoo art dance ritual native marriage rite docufiction indigenous tribes polynesian island