USA / 1926, 1980 / 98 min. / Director: Robert J. FLAHERTY, Frances Hubbard FLAHERTY, Monica FLAHERTY
Robert and Frances FLAHERTY's "Moana", the silent film masterpiece depicting the lives of people of Samoa in the South Pacific, is considered to have engendered to the term "documentary". 50 years after its completion, Robert's daughter, Monica FLAHERTY, returned in 1975 to the village she had visited with her parents at the age of 3. Recording the sounds of the same locations as well as re-enacting the dialogue of the individuals who appeared in the film using local people, she succeeded in realizing a sound version of "Moana" which was released in 1980. However, budgetary limits caused the film to be created from 16mm footage. The film being screened now is a sound version digitally restored in 2014 using a 35mm nitrate preview print made in 1925 from the original negative as its primary element.
Robert J. FLAHERTY
Frances Hubbard FLAHERTY
Monica FLAHERTY
