The island of Motunui is on the brink of famine with the coconut orchard succumbing to disease and the fish leaving the lagoon. Moana (Catherine Laga’aia), daughter of Chief Tui (John Tui) and next in line, listens to the stories of her voyager ancestors from her Grandmother (Rena Owen) and sets out across the open…
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Young Woman and the Sea
Truly Ederle was a sickly girl (Olive Abercrombie) not long for this world, but defying all odds she recovered from her bout with measles and when she was grown (Daisy Ridley), she defied all odds again by being the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926. Her remarkable story was of course…
