The Word "Documentary" Was Coined for Disney's Film Moana

The original Moana looked very different to Disney's movies, but was it any more authentic?

The 1926 film didn't have The Rock in a wig, but it wasn't the 'documentary' it was described as at the time.

The Word "Documentary" Was Coined for Disney's Film Moana

The live action version of Moana will be released this weekend. It's a remake of the 2016 animated movie. But the first Moana that Disney produced was 100 years ago, in 1926! The full-length silent film was directed by directed by Robert J. Flaherty, who did Nanook of the North in 1922. Flaherty spent a year in Samoa recording footage. He had envisioned an exciting tale of a sea monster, but instead found happy people living peacefully with no d…