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Moana

6.7(38)19261h 38m1

In the South Seas, Samoan village life is portrayed with a painterly eye. Blending ethnographic detail with a romanticized 'Gauguin idyll', the film celebrates daily rituals, communal traditions, and the passage into adulthood, suffused pride of beauty and pride of strength.

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  • south seas
  • indigenous
  • coconut
  • tattooing
  • samoa
  • polynesia
  • rite of passage
  • polynesian
  • oceania
  • 1920s
  • manhood
  • ethnographic film

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR7 Jan 1926
    • Theatrical (limited)NRMuseum of Modern Art, New York22 May 1973
    • TheatricalNRDavid Shepard 90m Restoration7 Aug 1980
    • TheatricalNRNew York City, New York (Digitally Restored Version)13 Nov 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU18 Nov 1926
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical16 Mar 1926
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical22 Oct 1926
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG30 Nov 1928
    • TheatricalGSound Version15 Sept 2018
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical30 Jan 1928

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Moana was released on 7 January 1926.

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