RANGIROA, French Polynesia — The origins of Polynesian tattooing go back to the first waves of migrations from Southeast Asia. The first traces of tattooing in Polynesia date back 2,000 years ...

Among them was master tattoo artist Su‘a Peter Sulu‘ape and anthropologist Dionne Fonoti. They were key in getting the movie’s tatau (Samoan for tattoo) designs just right.