Moana

IMDb 6.6 1926 98 min Documentary

Director

Robert Flaherty

Country

US

Plot Summary

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