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Title:

Moana / Monica Flaherty presents a sound version of Robert J. Flaherty's classic of the south seas.

Publisher:

Kino Lorber,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Samoans--Social life and customs.
Samoan Islands--Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Silent films.

Other Authors:

Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951, director.
Flaherty, Frances Hubbard, director.
Flaherty, Monica, sound editor.
Posner, Bruce, associated name.
Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976, r producer.
Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958, producer.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927), production company.

Notes:

Original credits: Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present ; by Robert J. Flaherty, F.R.G.S., producer of "Nanook of the North" and Frances Hubbard Flaherty ; a Paramount picture.

Summary:

Directed by Robert Flaherty and Frances Flaherty (1926) and Monica Flaherty (1980) Restoration produced by Bruce Posner (2014) The 1924 documentary film pioneers Robert and Frances Flaherty and family traveled to the Samoan island of Savaii to record the native life and make a film that would try to match the success of Nanook of the North. Restored with native sounds and traditional songs that Flahertys daughter recorded over a half-century after they shot it, Monica Flaherty's Moana with Sound is a beautiful docufiction and important piece of film history.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)909292310

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)