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Moana 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).[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 41 relations: American Film Institute, Docufiction, Documentary film, Film at Lincoln Center, Frances H. Flaherty, IndieWire, Intertitle, Jean Renoir, John Grierson, Jonathan Rosenbaum, List of docufiction films, London, Man of Aran, Nanook of the North, National archives, National Archives and Records Administration, New York Film Festival, Nudity in film, Orthochromasia, Oxford University Press, Panchromatic film, Paper mulberry, Paramount Pictures, Peʻa, Polynesians, Prizma, Reel, Richard Leacock, Robert J. Flaherty, Safune, Samoa, Samoan language, Savaiʻi, Silent film, Silver nitrate, South Seas genre, Tapa cloth, Territory of Western Samoa, The Sun (New York City), Valley News, West Lebanon, New Hampshire.

  2. 1926 documentary films
  3. American docufiction films
  4. Documentary films about Oceania
  5. Ethnofiction films
  6. Films directed by Robert Flaherty
  7. Films set in Samoa
  8. Films shot in Samoa
  9. Samoan words and phrases

American Film Institute

The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.

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Docufiction

Docufiction (or docu-fiction) is the cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction, this term often meaning narrative film.

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Documentary film

A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".

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Film at Lincoln Center

Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), previously known as the Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) until 2019,Aridi, Sara (April 28, 2019).

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Frances H. Flaherty

Frances Hubbard Flaherty (December 5, 1883 – June 22, 1972) was a film writer and director known for Louisiana Story, The Land, and ''Moana'' (1926).

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IndieWire

IndieWire is a film industry and film criticism website that was established in 1996.

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Intertitle

In films, an intertitle, also known as a title card, is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (hence, inter-) the photographed action at various points.

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Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir (15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author.

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John Grierson

John Grierson (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic and author.

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List of docufiction films

This is a list of docufiction feature-length films ordered chronologically.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Man of Aran

Man of Aran is a 1934 Irish fictional documentary (ethnofiction) film shot, written and directed by Robert J. Flaherty about life on the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. Moana (1926 film) and Man of Aran are Ethnofiction films and films directed by Robert Flaherty.

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Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North is a 1922 American silent film that combines elements of documentary and docudrama/docufiction, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist. Moana (1926 film) and Nanook of the North are American docufiction films, Anthropology documentary films, black-and-white documentary films, Ethnofiction films and films directed by Robert Flaherty.

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National archives

National archives are the archives of a country.

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National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.

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New York Film Festival

The New York Film Festival (NYFF) is a film festival held every fall in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.

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Nudity in film

In film, nudity may be either graphic or suggestive, such as when a person appears to be naked but is covered by a sheet.

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Orthochromasia

In chemistry, orthochromasia is the property of a dye or stain to not change color on binding to a target, as opposed to ''metachromatic'' stains, which do change color.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Panchromatic film

Panchromatic emulsion is a type of black-and-white photographic emulsion that is sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light.

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Paper mulberry

The paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, syn. Morus papyrifera L.) is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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Peʻa

The Pea is the popular name of the traditional male tatau (tattoo) of Samoa, also known as the malofie. Moana (1926 film) and Peʻa are Samoan words and phrases.

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Polynesians

Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group comprising closely related ethnic groups native to Polynesia, which encompasses the islands within the Polynesian Triangle in the Pacific Ocean.

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Prizma

The Prizma Color system was a color motion picture process, invented in 1913 by William Van Doren Kelley and Charles Raleigh.

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Reel

A reel is a tool used to store elongated and flexible objects (e.g. yarns/cords, ribbons, cables, hoses, etc.) by wrapping the material around a cylindrical core known as a spool.

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Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock (18 July 192123 March 2011).

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Robert J. Flaherty

Robert Joseph Flaherty, (February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North (1922).

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Safune

Safune is a traditional village district on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa.

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Samoa

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).

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Samoan language

Samoan (Gagana faa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands.

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Savaiʻi

Savaii is the largest and highest island both in Samoa and in the Samoan Islands chain.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).

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Silver nitrate

Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula.

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South Seas genre

The South Seas genre is a genre spanning various expressive forms including literature, film, visual art, and entertainment that depicts the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean through an escapist narrative lens.

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Tapa cloth

Tapa cloth (or simply tapa) is a barkcloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, but as far afield as Niue, Cook Islands, Futuna, Solomon Islands, Java, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Hawaii (where it is called kapa). Moana (1926 film) and tapa cloth are Samoan words and phrases.

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Territory of Western Samoa

The Territory of Western Samoa was the civil administration of Western Samoa by New Zealand between 1920 and Samoan independence in 1962.

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The Sun (New York City)

The Sun was a New York newspaper published from 1833 until 1950.

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Valley News

The Valley News is a six-day morning daily newspaper based in Lebanon, New Hampshire, covering the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont, in the United States.

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West Lebanon, New Hampshire

West Lebanon is an area within the city of Lebanon in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, along the Connecticut River.

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See also

1926 documentary films

American docufiction films

Documentary films about Oceania

Ethnofiction films

Films directed by Robert Flaherty

Films set in Samoa

Films shot in Samoa

Samoan words and phrases

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moana_(1926_film)