Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne is set to breathe new life into an ancient Hawaiian legend with The Return of Kapaemahu. This ...

Even if the old ways of navigating can still work today, it's not that easy to find people who are adept enough to regularly ...

Animator Buck Woodall accuses Disney of stealing ideas from his script for a Polynesian-inspired animated film titled "Bucky" ...

Disney has been sued for $10 billion by an animator named Buck Woodall, who claims film producer Jenny Marchick conspired ...

Moana 2, expected to receive an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature, sees the Polynesian teenager reunite with ...

“I think the danger is when you go back thousands of years and try to compare ancient skeletons to modern populations as a way to link ethnicity,” Lape said. “The connection (Owsley) makes to, say, ...

Animator Buck Woodall has sued Disney, alleging the company copied elements of his screenplay for "Bucky" to create "Moana" ...

The complaint also alleges that the films both utilize ancient Polynesian villages as a backdrop, the Polynesian belief in spiritual ancestors and the civilizations’ use of sea navigation by the ...

The complaint also alleges that the films both utilize ancient Polynesian villages as a backdrop ... for Disney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. Disney The lawsuit ...

Seeking $10 billion in damages, Woodall claims that the Moana storyline and visuals were lifted from his animated project Bucky, a story set in an ancient Polynesian village that he says he worked on ...