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In order to get it all right, "Moana 2" directors Derrick and Ledoux Miller — both of whom are of Samoan descent — and Jason Hand created the film with numerous culturally authentic elements ...
The name of the lead male character, Moana, means 'deep sea, deep water' in the Samoan language. [2] [3] [4] In making the film, Flaherty lived with his wife and collaborator Frances H. Flaherty and their three daughters in Samoa for more than a year. They arrived in Samoa in April 1923 and stayed until December 1924, with the film being ...
Moana [b] is a 2016 American animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.The film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, co-directed by Chris Williams and Don Hall, and produced by Osnat Shurer, from a screenplay written by Jared Bush, and based on a story conceived by Clements, Musker, Williams, Hall, Pamela ...
According to Johnson, Maui was based on his grandfather, Peter Maivia, a wrestler and Samoan high chief who had tattoos covering his body. Being of Polynesian descent, Johnson said that the film was an opportunity to showcase Polynesian culture in film.
An Australian teenager of Samoan heritage has been announced as the star of the upcoming live-action version of the hit Disney movie “Moana.”. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Laga‘aia has been ...
Catherine Laga‘aia has been cast as the eponymous heroine in Disney’s live-action remake of Moana.. Laga‘aia is a 17-year-old Australian actor of Samoan heritage with just one previous ...
Moana and her crew are attacked once again by the Kakamora, but soon learn they want what they do as well, leading to the Kakamora giving them a weapon to aid them, as well as the aid of a skilled coconut warrior Kotu. Moana is separated from her group and meets Matangi, a goddess who is the unwilling companion of Nalo.
Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANPHI) audiences are finding much to rejoice about in Disney’s latest animated feature “Moana 2.” Little details such as Moana’s conch ...