MOANA

Moana

Moana is a 1926 documentary film, the first docufiction in the history of cinema, directed by Robert J. Flaherty, the creator of Nanook of the North . Moana was filmed in Samoa in the villages of Safune on the island of Savai'i. The name of the lead male character, moana means "deep water" in the Samoan language.

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