Moana (1926)
85 min
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.”
- Release date
- January 7, 1926
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
Crew
- Frances H. Flaherty · Director
- Robert J. Flaherty · Director
- Frances H. Flaherty · Writer
- Robert J. Flaherty · Writer
- Julian Johnson · Writer
- Frances H. Flaherty · Producer
- Robert J. Flaherty · Producer
- Robert J. Flaherty · Cinematographer
- Bob Roberts · Cinematographer
- Frances H. Flaherty · Editor
- Robert J. Flaherty · Editor
- Julian Johnson · Editor