"The Sea will embrace you." For the past 1000 years, on the remote South Korean island of Jeju, the sisterhood of Haenyeo divers have sustained themselves by hand-harvesting a variety of sea life. In a changing world where 98% of the divers are now over 50 years old, a mother and daughter attempt to restore their relationship while preserving their heritage.
Director's Bio:
Vern is an award-winning filmmaker, director, producer and owner of Long Beach Film Company. Described as a one-man cinematic army, his work has taken him around the world, under and across the seas, while filming for the likes of: Led Zeppelin, Noel Gallagher, Radiohead, Nike, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Rag & Bone, Jack White, Nas, Leon Bridges, Cold War Kids, Moby, PBS, Spotify, Chris Stapleton, Dixie Chicks, Beck, and plenty more. In 2010, he was aboard the experimental ship Plastiki - a 60' catamaran made from 10,000 plastic bottles that crossed the Pacific Ocean. After graduating from Biola University, he lived in a 1972 Winnebago Chieftain for two years to pay off school debt and buy his first camera. Now look at him.
"The Sea will embrace you." For the past 1000 years, on the remote South Korean island of Jeju, the sisterhood of Haenyeo divers have sustained themselves by hand-harvesting a variety of sea life. In a changing world where 98% of the divers are now over 50 years old, a mother and daughter attempt to restore their relationship while preserving their heritage.
Director's Bio:
Vern is an award-winning filmmaker, director, producer and owner of Long Beach Film Company. Described as a one-man cinematic army, his work has taken him around the world, under and across the seas, while filming for the likes of: Led Zeppelin, Noel Gallagher, Radiohead, Nike, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Rag & Bone, Jack White, Nas, Leon Bridges, Cold War Kids, Moby, PBS, Spotify, Chris Stapleton, Dixie Chicks, Beck, and plenty more. In 2010, he was aboard the experimental ship Plastiki - a 60' catamaran made from 10,000 plastic bottles that crossed the Pacific Ocean. After graduating from Biola University, he lived in a 1972 Winnebago Chieftain for two years to pay off school debt and buy his first camera. Now look at him.