Disney's Moana
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Released in 1926, the silent film was directed by American filmmaker Robert Flaherty and presented a depiction of life in Samoa.
The work also gained historical importance for helping to popularize the use of the word “documentary” in cinema.
Interest in the feature grew...
![Maui and Moana: The Disney production missed out on the best animated film award. [Photo: Supplied via RNZI]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_moana-trailer.jpg?itok=Hb212_ui "Maui and Moana: The Disney production missed out on the best animated film award. [Photo: Supplied via RNZI]")
Moana, set in the South Pacific, missed out on the award for best animated film to the other Disney production in its category, Zootopia at the Golden Globe awards this past weekend.
Zootopia also beat out Kubo and the Strings, My Life as A Zucchini and Sing.
Moana, featuring New Zealand actors...