Grants & Awards
Sister Surfers
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Nonfiction
Date Awarded: Summer 2008
Directors(s): Karin Williams
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Location: USA
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Film Status: In Production
URL: » Sister Surfers page
About the Film:
Sister Surfers follows a unique group of women who are carrying on the true spirit of surfing as a cultural, community and spiritual practice with deep roots in ancient Polynesia.
About the Filmmakers:
Karin Williams is journalist and independent filmmaker from New Zealand with a passion for telling stories about social issues and cultural diversity. She began her career as a reporter on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga, and went on to work for broadcast and cable networks in New Zealand and the USA. Karin’s films have screened nationally on PBS and at festivals across North America and the Pacific. Karin founded Multinesia Productions Inc. to support authentic storytelling from indigenous perspectives. For the past decade she has worked with Native Tribes and First Nations in Alaska and Canada to document a grassroots tribal environmental movement on the Yukon River.
