Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Girls can't surf / Screen Australia and Madman Entertainment present in association with Screen NSW ; a Finch & Pursekey production ; produced by Michaela Perske ; written by Chritopher Nelius & Julie-Anne de Ruvo ; directed by Christopher Nelius.

Publisher, Date:

[Cleveland, OH] : Gravitas Ventures, [2022]

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

It's the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and radical male egos. The film follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more. A wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Women surfers -- Australia -- 1981-1990.

Women surfers -- United States -- 1981-1990.

Sex discrimination in sports.

Genre:

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Other Author:

Nelius, Christopher, film director.

Andersen, Lisa, 1969- on-screen participant.