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| | Tabu (1931): Matahi, Reri, Jean, Hitu - PopMatters Film Review |
 | | The 1931 film Tabu begins with a disclaimer that reads, "Only native-born South Sea islanders appear in this picture with a few half-castes and Chinese." This statement is something of a red flag for the viewer cognizant of the sins of old Hollywood visited upon those other than the melanin-impoverished. |
 | | A ship arrives bearing an envoy, the old warrior Hitu, from the "king of the islands" who decrees that because of her beauty and royal blood, Reri is to become a sacred virgin devoted to the old Polynesian gods. |
 | | The present print of Tabu, long thought lost, was taken from a carefully preserved print found at the home of the film's cinematographer Floyd Crosby, who won an Oscar for it, and restored by the film-preservation unit at UCLA. |
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