Moana
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1926
1h 38m
Documentary
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.”
Director
Robert Flaherty,
Frances H. Flaherty
Writers
Julian Johnson
Frances H. Flaherty
Where to Watch
Stream
HBO Max
