Moana
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.”
Top Cast
Ta'avale
as Moana
Moana
Fa'amgase
as Moana's Fiancé
Moana's Fiancé
Tama
as Moana's Father
Moana's Father
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