Disney’s next animated feature “Moana” will soon hit the big screen. In anticipation of Disney’s next female heroine, some new featurettes have popped up online, highlighting the background, inspirations, and music behind the Polynesian setting and character.

As we’ve previously reported, Moana follows the story of “an adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana (voice of Auliʻi Cravalho) meets the mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson), who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfinder. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity.”

In this first clip, the creators, directors, and artists behind “Moana” detail how they dove head first into Polynesian culture, history, music, and tradition.

“It’s really amazing how deeply ‘Moana’ is rooted in Polynesian culture,” Cravalho says in the video. “As a Hawaiian, I’m so proud to be working on this film.”

Accurately representing a culture in a film is extremely important, so it’s reassuring to see how much time and effort Disney has devoted to getting things right.

In the second clip, a bit of some of “Hamilton” writer Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music can be heard, set to a scene in which the wayfarers set out to explore the ocean.

For a bit of context on that detail, Disney’s official synopsis of the movie reads, “Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped — and no one knows why.”

The second clip is pretty male-dominated, but it seems as if it’s a bit of historical background of a male-dominated field, which Moana herself will soon shake up.

“Moana” hits theaters on November 23.