First-time feature filmmakers Heretu Tetahiotupa, Christophe Cordier delve into the ritual art of Marquesan tattoo, sharing its cultural and historical significance by reenacting the past and challenging the present.

Reflects a depressing and hopeless reality by following some of the members of "la dieciocho", the s...

The odyssey of a Tuamutu fisherman who sets out from his atoll-only coral island to procure fertile ...

Kua and Teriki will soon get married. They live on the distant Tureia island in the French Polynesia...

An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.

"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl,...

The Work completes the "quadrilogy" of South Seas seen over a twenty-year period. This film, tells t...

This award-winning PBS documentary sweeps viewers into a seafaring adventure with a community of Pol...

Gombessa Expedition 4 Laurent Ballesta went to observe a gathering of thousands of groupers during ...

D'Inked is a documentary about the development of laser tattoo removal technology and how it has cha...

Marlon Brando is best known for his successful films and two Oscars. But his link with French Polyne...

Documentary based on interviews during the Birmingham Tattoo Convention in the early '90s.

Stories of people who regard augmenting their bodies as a way of life, whether for artistic reasons ...

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Walt Disney Animation Studios' MOANA, as aided by the Oc...

Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, port...

The history of surfing is like one long ride in which surfers relay the baton to each other across t...

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Matisse's birth and of the exhibition at the Center Pomp...
Narrated by JIM ROSE of JIM ROSE CIRCUS SIDESHOW fame, this video compiles snippets of some of the b...

In French Polynesia, there is a place where every year, thousands of groupers gather in secret follo...
A bold reveal of a rose tattoo opens this 1980 documentary on tattooing in New Zealand. The potted h...