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Photos: EXCLUSIVE: Opetaia Foa’i Infuses ‘Moana’ with Polynesian Sound

Film Features Photos Music Features Photos Photo Gallery By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2016 |0

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EXCLUSIVE: Opetaia Foa’i Infuses ‘Moana’ with Polynesian Sound

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 20, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Opetaia Foa’i grew up about as far away from Hollywood as you can get—a small village in Apia in Western Samoa. But now he, along with “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Grammy winner Mark Mancina (“The Lion King,” “Tarzan”), have coll [...]

Dwayne Johnson Pays Homage to Polynesian Roots in Disney’s ‘Moana’

Features Film Features By Angela Dawson|November 18, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dwayne Johnson gives voice to a demigod named Maui in Disney’s colorful tropical animated adventure “Moana.” The professional wrestler turned action and comedy star spent part of his youth in Hawaii and is Polynesian on his mother’s side. He say [...]