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.”

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  Robert Flaherty
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  Frances H. Flaherty

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  Ta'avale
  Moana
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  Fa'amgase
  Moana's Fiancé
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  Tama
  Moana's Father
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  T'ugaita
  Moana's Mother
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  Pe'a
  Moana's Younger Brother
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  Leupenga
  Moana's Older Brother