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""Legendary film director Robert Flaherty's 1926 utopian vision of the polynesian customs, daily life, and coming of age ceremonies that center around Moana, a Samoan youth and his family. Beautiful artistic filming on locarion in the Samoan Islands with local native islanders give the film its authentic idyllic quality." -- Back cover."
"Depicts the lives of natives of Savaii Island, Western Samoa."@en
"Depicts the lives of natives of British Samoa. Moana, his brother Pe'a, and his betrothed Fa'angase gather food for the village feast in tall coconut trees and lush taro fields until they are interrupted by a charging boar, that they subsequently capture. Their spear fishing is viewed through crystalline waters where a huge sea turtle is wrestled into their canoe amidst crashing waves. Back in the Village, mulberry bark has been gathered to pound into tapa cloth, food is being prepared, and fires are started with coconut shells. After a kava ceremony, the elders and the tufunga (tattooer) prepare Moana for the painful tattooing ritual he must endure. He is then anointed with oil to perform the lively Siva dance of betrothal with Fa'angase."@en
"Depicts life in a Samoan village."@en
"Dans son film "Moana", Flaherty présente la vie quotidienne des habitants d'une île de Polynésie, sans pour autant en restituer la réalité."
"Directed by Robert Flaherty and Frances Flaherty (1926) and Monica Flaherty (1980) Restoration produced by Bruce Posner (2014) The 1924 documentary film pioneers Robert and Frances Flaherty and family traveled to the Samoan island of Savaii to record the native life and make a film that would try to match the success of Nanook of the North. Restored with native sounds and traditional songs that Flahertys daughter recorded over a half-century after they shot it, Monica Flaherty's Moana with Sound is a beautiful docufiction and important piece of film history."
"Moana, his brother Pe'a, and his betrothed Fa'angase gather food for the village feast in tall coconut trees and lush taro fields until they are interrupted by a charging boar, that they subsequently capture. Their spear fishing is viewed through crystalline waters where a huge sea turtle is wrestled into their canoe amidst crashing waves. Back in the Village, mulberry bark has been gathered to pound into tapa cloth, food is being prepared, and fires are started with coconut shells. After a kava ceremony, the elders and the tufunga (tattooer) prepare Moana for the painful tattooing ritual he must endure. He is then anointed with oil to perform the lively Siva dance of betrothal with Fa'angase."
""Life and love in the South Seas... Flaherty's famous travelogue. The rites, customs, and daily lives of the Samoans are depicted.""
"Depicts the lives of natives of British Samoa."
"Depicts the lives of natives of British Samoa."@en
"Flaherty the so-called 'father of documentary' was not a social analyst but the creator of a myth that combined the imaginary and the real - the noble savage and the rhythm of life and nature. He believed in the significance of the real world which would somehow be revealed according to his preconceptions in the process of filming. Above all he was a storyteller. In Moana, Flaherty unsuccessfully sought a Nanook of the South Seas. Set on the Samoan island of Savaii, the episodic narrative centres on Moana, his two brothers, his mother, fiancee and tattooist. Flaherty's fascination with the way people do things and simple ritual informs the film. Flaherty turned back the clock and had the Samoans do things that may never have been or were no longer part of their way of life. He ignored the impact of the modern world and created the myth of the tattoo ritual in a celebration of the exotic."@en
"Records the Samoan Islanders' daily pursuits of cooking, cloth-making, hunting, and fishing, and a tattooing ceremony."@en
"Presents a travelog based in the South Seas on the Samoan culture and way of life. Moana, a youth in the tribe, undergoes initiation into manhood."

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"Documentary films"
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"Moana a romance of the Golden Age"
"Moana a romance of the South Seas"
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"Moana : a romance of the Golden Age"
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"Moana a romance of the golden age"
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