Apple Original Films today announced a new untitled documentary film from Extracurricular and A24, featuring the story of the legendary “haenyeo” of Jeju Island in South Korea. The film is directed by Peabody Award nominee Sue Kim (“The Speed Cubers ”) and is the first project of Apple TV + partnership with Malala Yousafzai’s Extracurricular production company.
The film tells the story of the “sirens of Korea”, elderly freedivers whose work in fishing for seafood off the coast of Jeju Island has sustained their community for generations. Matriarchs, breadwinners and rowdy grandmothers, the number of haenyeo has declined in recent decades. But now their younger descendants are helping to revive the revered and often dangerous lifestyle of their ancestors as they fight to protect the ocean from the looming environmental threat.
The co-production comes from Extracurricular, the production company of women’s rights activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who is partnering with Apple TV + to create original programming, and A24, which is also partnering with Apple on the highly anticipated next. documentary by Steve Martin.
Yousafzai and Erika Kennair, president of Extracurricular productions, will produce together with A24.
This “haenyeo” documentary will join Apple’s acclaimed and award-winning roster of documentaries, including docuseries and documentaries featuring real-life stories from beloved stars, including Earvin’s four-part docuseries “Magic” Johnson “They Call Me Magic” ; the Emmy Award-nominated documentary “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry”; the Critics’ Choice Documentary Award nominated “The Velvet Underground”; the acclaimed documentary honoring iconic Oscar-winning actor, director and actor Sidney Poitier, “Sidney”; and the recently announced untitled films about the life of beloved actor and supporter Michael J. Fox and legendary actor and comedian Steve Martin.
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