If you've been reading this blog at all then you know that I love documentaries. But what you probably don't know nor do man people in my real life know is that I love surfing. I own a surfboard. I watch surf movies to relax. I really love it.
The problem though is that I am a landlocked fool in the heart of the Midwest. Indiana doesn't offer much surf spots unless I go wild and decide to hit the probably disease filled lakes in the north. So I have to say that I love it when a film comes along that combines both my love of cultural documentaries and surfing. This looks like an awesome doc and I can not wait for it to be released.
From the site:
Splinters is the first feature-length documentary film about the evolution of indigenous surfing in the developing nation of Papua New Guinea. In the 1980s an intrepid Australian pilot left behind a surfboard in the seaside village of Vanimo. Twenty years on, surfing is not only a pillar of village life but also a means to prestige. With no access to economic or educational advancement, let alone running water and power, village life is hermetic. A spot on the Papua New Guinea national surfing team is the way to see the wider world; the only way.
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