Release Date
2012-02-13
Status
Released
Original Title
Splinters
Runtime
1h 35m
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
In Effect Films, Little House Productions
Overview
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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