Girls Can't Surf (2020)
It's the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and radical male egos. GIRLS CAN'T SURF follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, GIRLS CAN'T SURF is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality
Primary Title
- Girls Can't Surf
Date Broadcast
- Monday 6 November 2023
Release Year
- 2020
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 120:00
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- It's the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and radical male egos. GIRLS CAN'T SURF follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, GIRLS CAN'T SURF is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality
Classification
- M
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Women surfers--Australia--1981-1990
- Women surfers--United States--1981-1990
- Sex discrimination in sports
- Sexism in sports
- Burridge, Pam
- Cooper, Jodie, 1964-
- Menczer, Pauline, 1970-
- Zamba, Frieda, 1965-
- Documentary films--Australia
Genres
- Documentary
- Sports
Contributors
- Christopher Nelius (Director)
- Christopher Nelius (Writer)
- Julie-Anne De Ruvo (Writer)
- Jolene Smith (Interviewee)
- Jorja Smith Harmon (Interviewee)
- Jodie Cooper (Interviewee)
- Frieda Zamba (Interviewee)
- Pam Burridge (Interviewee)
- Wendy Botha (Interviewee)
- Pauline Menczer (Interviewee)
- Ian Cairns (Interviewee)
- Nick Carroll (Interviewee)
- Michaela Perske (Producer)
- Anna Howard (Director of Photography)
- Julie-Anne De Ruvo (Editor)
- Sherree Phillips (Production Designer)
- Haydn Walker (Composer)
- Pursekey Productions (Production Unit)
- Whipped Sea (Production Unit)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
- Madman Entertainment (Funder)
Subjects
- Women surfers--Australia--1981-1990
- Women surfers--United States--1981-1990
- Sex discrimination in sports
- Sexism in sports
- Burridge, Pam
- Cooper, Jodie, 1964-
- Menczer, Pauline, 1970-
- Zamba, Frieda, 1965-
- Documentary films--Australia