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.”

Cast:Ta'avale, Fa'amgase, Tama, T'ugaita, Pe'a, Leupenga,

Genre:Documentary,

country:United States of America, Samoa,

Production:Robert Flaherty Productions Inc.,