DAUGHTER OF THE SEA

DAUGHTER OF THE SEA

Daughter of the sea / 2023 / USA / 18 min

After Jaeyoun Kim, a native of Mara Island in South Korea, moves to Seoul to pursue corporate work, she struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts. She decides to return home where generations of women in her family have worked as haenyeo, free-diving “mermaids” who harvest seafood from the ocean floor for a living. Weaving Kim’s narrative with pensive, deeply immersive dive cinematography, directors Nicole Gormley and Nancy Kwon tell a story of homecoming, and how nature can bring us back to self when we’ve lost our center.

BANFF – Mountain Film Festival
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Director:
Nicole GORMLEY, Nancy KWON

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