

Robert J. Flahertyโs 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 โGauguin idyll,โ the film celebrates daily rituals, communal traditions, and the passage into adulthood, suffused with what Flaherty called โpride of beauty, pride of strength.โ
Directors: Robert Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty
Written by: Julian Johnson, Frances H. Flaherty, Robert Flaherty
Produced by: Jesse L. Lasky, Adolph Zukor
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