THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN

Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island are renowned for centuries of freediving to the ocean floor—without oxygen—to harvest seafood for their livelihood. Today, their way of life is in imminent danger from a changing climate and a modern world, but these fierce, funny and hardworking grandmothers refuse to give an inch, aided by a younger generation’s fight to revive their ancestral lifestyle through social media. Peering into what drives haenyeo young and old, THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN documents the women’s tight-knit friendships, savvy independence, and wonderfully infectious sense of empowerment. An Apple release.