In a small fishing village on Japan’s Shima peninsula, three women maintain an ancient tradition of diving for pearls, urchins, and abalone, without any modern gear or protection.
This ravishing film follows the everyday lives of three “sea women” who, for more than three decades, have dived together. Shot between the silent, underwater world and rural life on land, this is a unique, beautiful portrait of a disappearing tradition. (2016, 112 min, digital)
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