Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age

Location:Samoa
Subject:Samoan culture
Length:66 minutes
Format:16mm
Hue:B&W
Year Released:1926
Series:
Director:Robert Flaherty
Producer:Paramount
Distributor:Museum of Modern Art (rental)
Library Code:UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 3261
Description:Robert Flaherty and his wife, Frances, spent twenty-one months in Samoa observing, recording, and trying to understand Samoan life. The result was Moana, filmed in the village of Safune on the island of Savaii, Western Samoa. Scenes of village life are woven together around the romance of Moana and Faangase, Moana's achievement of manhood in the tattooing ritual, and the young couple's wedding.
Record No:1331
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