Moana is planted in hypoestes and her hair is moss. Palm fronds are at the bottom of her skirt. HeiHei stands on Pua’s head. Pua is also planted in hypoestes. Maui, complete with his fish hook ...

equals the beauty of Robert Flaherty’s 1926 documentary Moana, in which the eponymous native Samoan kid lies in the shallow surf, looking up at his beloved Fa’angase as she eats little fish ...