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			HEART OF THE SEA: Kapolioka'ehukai

photo: Jeff Divine

Produced by:
Charlotte Lagarde

Directed by:
Charlotte Lagarde
Lisa Denker

Stunningly beautiful and famously charming, Hawaiian surf legend Rell Kapolioka'ehukai Sunn carved the way for women in a sport dominated by men. When she died of breast cancer at the age of 47, her legacy had grown far beyond athletic feats to include high-profile community activism. HEART OF THE SEA tells the larger-than-life story that was Sunn's greatest gift. An INDEPENDENT LENS selection.

Co-presentation with PBS Hawaii and PIC

Premiere: Independent Lens, May 6, 2003 at 10PM

"...the amazing tale of Hawaiian surfing champion Rell Sunn...one of the most heroic documentary subjects in memory."

- San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle

"HEART OF THE SEA is a love poem to Hawaii's matriarchal heritage. "

- Bay Area Reporter


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	Audience Award for Best Documentary, San Francisco International Film Festival [2003]
	Best Documentary, Ashland Independent Film Festival [2003]
	Audience Award, Newport Beach Film Festival [2003]
	Documentary Feature Honorable Mention, Tambay Film & Video Festival [2003]
	Special Jury Prize /Aloha Spirit Award, Hawai’i International Film Festival [2002]
	Audience Award, Independent Lens [2003]

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