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Rell Sunn
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Adrift · 1996Adrift
1996
Movie
Originally released in 1995, Adrift is an ahead-of-its-time look at the longboard renaissance. Through filmmaker J Brother’s lens, generations collide—Donald Takayama, Kevin Connelly, Nat Young, Dino Miranda, a teenage Joel Tudor, and more.
The Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai · 2002The Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai
★ 8.02002
Movie
Heart of the Sea is an hour-long documentary about Hawaiian legend Rell “Kapolioka'ehukai” Sunn who died in January 1998 of breast cancer at the age of 47. Known worldwide as a pioneer of women’s professional surfing, in the Islands Rell Sunn achieved the stature of an icon — not only for her physical power, grace and luminous beauty, but for her leadership in a community that loved her as much as she loved it. Named one of Hawai’i’s most influential women of the 20th century by ABC television, Sunn - whose Hawaiian name means Heart of the Sea - was eulogized in the New York Times for having “captured the heart of Hawai’i during a 14-year battle with cancer.”
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