Movie·1926·1h 38m

Moana

Name: Moana
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1926-01-07
Rating: 6.676
Cast: Ta'avale, Fa'amgase, Tama, T'ugaita, Pe'a

★ 6.7Documentary

Synopsis

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.”