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.

Horitoshi Sensei is one of the last accomplished masters of irezumi, the art of traditional Japanese...

"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...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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...

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

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

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Matisse's birth and of the exhibition at the Center Pomp...

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

In French Polynesia, there is a place where every year, thousands of groupers gather in secret follo...
A collection of footage and interviews with strange people and their exploration into the unusual an...
A look into the world of body piercing and suspension and the people who do it.