
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…
NR • Documentary • Movie • 1926 • 1h 38m
Starring: Ta'avale, Fa'amgase, Tama
Director: Robert Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty
Moana
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.
NR • Documentary • Movie • 1926