| RATING | 879 ~ 6.8 |
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| GENRES | Documentary |
| YEAR | 1920s / 1926 |
| RUNTIME | 1h 38m |
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| ORIGIN | English / United States |
| AUDIENCE | NR |
| Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, portraying Samoan village life 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 with what Flaherty called “pride of beauty, pride of strength.” |
