Moana
1926
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:
Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty
Writers:
Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty, Julian Johnson
Production:
Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty
Country:
United States
