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Hula Girls, Imagining Paradise (2005)

Western imagination has transformed the spiritual hula dance of traditional Polynesian society into a (male) fantasy presenting the Polynesian woman as beautiful and exotic.

Length: 52 minutes

Original aspect ratio: 16 x 9 (TV)

Production company:

Source:

National Film and Sound Archive

NFSA title number: 639390

Education Resources:

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