Maya and the Wave (2024)

Directed by

Stephanie Johnes

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows surfer Maya Gabeira as she pushes to be accepted in big-wave surfing. It looks at how sexism shaped the reaction to a serious injury she suffered while riding a giant wave.

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What happens

Maya and the Wave is an American documentary film, directed by Stephanie Johnes and released in 2024. The film is a portrait of surfer Maya Gabeira and her struggles to be taken seriously as a woman in a male-dominated sport, focusing in part on the role that sexism played in the response to her injuries while trying to surf a giant wave at Praia do Norte in 2013. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022, and was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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