Moana (1926)

Directed by

Robert J. Flaherty

Genre

documentary film, drama film, silent film, docufiction, ethnographic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It shows daily life in a Samoan village, focusing on fishing, cooking, and a coming of age ritual for a young man.

observationaltranquilnostalgicslow-pacedearthymeditativenaturalistic

What happens

Moana (pronounced [ˈmo.ana]) is a 1926 American silent documentary film, or more strictly a work of docufiction, which was directed by Robert J. Flaherty, creator of Nanook of the North (1922), and his wife Frances H. Flaherty. A reviewer of the film coined the now-common term "documentary". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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