Disney's Moana returns to the big screen next week in a live-action remake of the 2016 animation. As with many of Disney's remakes, it's been the subject of some controversy. The Rock looks simply ridiculous, for a start. And then there are the persistent accusations of cultural homogenisation and commodification.
That's brought up the topic of a much older film that some think may have inspired Disney. Long before the animation giant chose the Polynesian name for its seafaring heroine, the US filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty made a very different Moana.
