Moana (Documentary) - Part 1

Check out the world's first 'documentary' shot in Samoa in 1924!

Filmed in Samoa in the villages of Safune district on the island of Savai'i. In making the film, director Robert Flaherty lived with his wife and collaborator Frances and their three daughters in Samoa for more than a year. Flaherty arrived in Samoa in April 1923 and stayed until December 1924, with the film being completed in December 1925.