Monica in the South Seas (2023)
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Overview : 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.
Release Date : November 3, 2023
Runtime : 72m
Genre : Documentary
Companies : Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi
Countries : Finland
Keywords : south seas, 1970s, silent film, documentary filmmaking, samoa, 1920s, indigenous peoples, moana
