The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family with a hands-on interest in continuing the directing legacy. Among the materials he found in the estate of Robert and Frances Flaherty’s daughter Monica were the film reels and video tapes detailing several years of work on realising her lifelong dream project: a sound version of her parents’ 1926 docu-fiction axiom, Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age.
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Key crew
- Mika TaanilaDirector
- Mika TaanilaScreenplay
- Sami van IngenDirector
- Sami van IngenScreenplay
Cast
- Monica FlahertySelf
- Robert FlahertySelf (archival footage)
- Frances H. FlahertySelf (archival footage)
- Le'iataualesa Vaiao Ala'ilimaSelf
- Sarah HudsonSelf
- Richard LeacockSelf
- Fa'amgaseSelf
- Pe'aSelf
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Themes
south seas1970ssilent filmdocumentary filmmakingsamoa1920sindigenous peoples