White Shadows in the South Seas
A morally conflicted silent-era drama about an alcoholic doctor confronting colonial exploitation amid the visual splendor and isolation of a Polynesian island.
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
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