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6.7Robert 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.”
Released: 1926-01-0798 minDir: Robert FlahertyDocumentary
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Cast
- Ta'avale as Moana
- Fa'amgase as Moana's Fiancé
- Tama as Moana's Father
- T'ugaita as Moana's Mother
- Pe'a as Moana's Younger Brother
- Leupenga as Moana's Older Brother
Themes
- south seas
- indigenous
- coconut
- tattooing
- samoa
- polynesia
- rite of passage
- polynesian
- oceania
- 1920s
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
767 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
- Year
- 1926
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Rated
- Not Rated
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- Samoans
- Director
- Robert J. Flaherty
- Screenwriter
- Robert J. Flaherty
- Producer
- Robert J. Flaherty
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Robert J. Flaherty
- Narrative location
- Insular Oceania
- Duration
- 60
- FilmAffinity ID
- 958334
- Image
- Moana wedding.jpg
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- publication date
- 1926-00-00
- title
- Moana
- film editor
- Robert J. Flaherty
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Moana (1926 film)
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