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Monica in the South Seas  (2023)


N/A|3 Nov, 2023|72 min
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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.
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Keywords
south seas
1970s
silent film
documentary filmmaking
samoa
1920s
indigenous peoples
moana

Casts

Monica Flaherty
Self
Robert Flaherty
Robert Flaherty
Self (archival footage)
Frances H. Flaherty
Frances H. Flaherty
Self (archival footage)
Le'iataualesa Vaiao Ala'ilima
Self
Sarah Hudson
Self
Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock
Self
Fa'amgase
Self
Pe'a
Self

Crews

Mika Taanila
Mika Taanila
Editor
Mika Taanila
Mika Taanila
Director
Mika Taanila
Mika Taanila
Screenplay
Sami van Ingen
Director
Sami van Ingen
Screenplay
Jussi Eerola
Producer

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