Movies: Coconut

Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."...

Island girl Mimi plans to leave Tahiti, but maybe she'll have a reason to stay when Mr. Endicott arrives....

A squirrel in a downtown park lugs a giant coconut back home, but nothing he tries will crack it open....

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Faux documentary told in first-person narration, about an "adventuress" who sets sail to Guatemala with her father and two male crewmen, rescues them when their fresh-water supply is compromised, finds a treasure map, and attempts to steal a fabulou...

An animated short film based on a 1989 wordless picture book by Bill Martin Jr. "In this lively alphabet rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!" -- Amazon.com...

Two boys in the process of making a Samoan dish....

A young woman is doing her best to tend to her ailing father's increasing needs, as well as her feelings around them. She attempts to chop a coconut for the first time, in hopes that the refreshing treat will lift his spirits....

Amidst the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad, Asha, a displaced girl seeking her roots, is drawn to a young fisherman who shares her desire to look beyond....

It's just another day at the Granite Hotel....

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A crab on a deserted island comes across a coconut....