Girls Can't Surf

2020

Action / Documentary

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73%
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 301 301

Top cast

Wendy Botha as Self - Years on Tour 1984-1993
Jamie Brisick as Self - Surf Journalist / Former Pro Surer
Pauline Menczer as Self - Years on Tour 1989-2005
Alisa Schwarzstein-Cairns as Self - Years on Tour 1984-1996
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
998.16 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 48 min
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2 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
24 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paulbdm-893-996643 9 / 10

Brilliant documentary that educates its audience.

Just saw this at a special screening at the Sydney Opera House. Fantastic!As a male I have so much respect for these trailblazing women. Women yet again having to prove to not just men but other women that given the same opportunities they can excel and be as good if not better than their male counterparts.At times it's both moving and humorous but always captivating viewing.I'm not a surfer but loved this documentary and came away from it feeling enlightened about the struggles these early female champions had to endure. It's thanks to them that the women surfing champions of today now enjoy equal prize money with the men but more importantly now enjoy the respect they always deserved."You can't be what you can't see".
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Reviewed by eileeshb-1 8 / 10

Covers the evolution of women's pro surfing

Just saw this at a special screening arranged by a surfer environmental warrior politician who would be of a similar vintage to many of the women from the early days of pro surfing, and is herself a former national surf champion. I grew up in the surf industry and remember so many of the battles that got next to no coverage in the surf publications. It is hard to believe how recent so much of it was. My immediate reaction after watching the movie was a hope that the trailblazers got a reunion off the back of the film. Lisa Anderson is still an ambassador for Roxy and it looks like they've learned to leverage her generation instead of only focusing on the new shiny object. This documentary brought back so many memories of discussions I'd have with the guys in our shop about the women fighting for equality. They didn't mention how hard the women fought to get a contest at all 3 of the Hawaiian triple crown locations, for years it was mooted that the girls couldn't possibly surf such powerful waves so their parallel events were at beach breaks instead of the reefs.

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