Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - E fā taimi na filifilia ai Muni mo le faailoga o le Academy Award mo le tama taalo sili ona lelei, na ia manumalo ai i le "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936) ma maua ai ni faailoga aloaʻia mo le "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" (1932), "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), ma le "The Last Angry Man" (1959). O lona filifilia mo le ata "The Valiant" (1929) e lē aloaʻia. O le mafuaʻaga o lenei mea i le 2nd Academy Awards
, e leai ni sui filifilia na faʻalauiloaina, naʻo le Best Actor ma Actress manumalo na faʻalauiloaina, ma le Academy Awards aloaia 'upega tafaʻilagi faʻailoa mai "E ui lava e le o ni sui filifilia aloaia, o isi igoa i vaega taʻitasi, e tusa ai ma faʻamaumauga i totonu, sa i lalo o le iloiloga e le tele o komiti faʻamasino". O le faatinoga a Muni i le "Black Fury" e leʻi filifilia mo se Oscar (silasila i le faʻamatalaga i lalo ifo o le ata tifaga).