Surfwise (2007)

Directed by

Doug Pray

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the Doc Paskowitz family, a surfing clan of 11 who lived in a camper. It shows how their father's holistic health beliefs shaped their unconventional lifestyle and love of the ocean.

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What happens

Surfwise is a 2007 American documentary film about the 11-member Doc Paskowitz family, which was directed by Doug Pray. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2007 and had its U.S. premiere on 9 May 2008. Paskowitz went to Stanford University Medical School, became an M.D., and espoused a philosophy of holistic health and diet, while raising his large family of eight boys and one girl in a camper with his wife Juliette Paskowitz, and founding a school of surfing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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