Disney’s “Moana” heroine is a spirited Polynesian girl played by Auli’i Cravalho. Dwayne Johnson, who is half Samoan, plays Maui. (Image courtesy of Disney Studios)
For more than 70 years, Walt Disney Studios has been one of the most effective purveyors of faith and values to the nation’s — and arguably the world’s — young children.
Disney’s full-length animated features have presented a consistent, optimistic gospel: If you believe in yourself, and appeal to a power greater than you
