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Bustin' Down The Door

 

USA 2008, 95 minutes
Dir. Jeremy Gosch
Genres: Documentary

Topics: Sport, Surf's Up!.

 

Aroview: Engaging surfing documentary telling the story of a group of Australian and South African surfers who in 1975 revolutionised the sport and the culture of surfing as we know it today.

This goes far beyond an uplifting celebration of the 'hang loose' surfer culture, delving into an unexpectedly dramatic territory that will appeal to a broader audience beyond surfing fans. Most noteworthy, aside from the admirable pluckiness of the young upstarts themselves, was the friction between their aggressive (and progressive) style of surfing and the gentler traditions held by the Hawaiian locals, resulting in violent conflict and a slow-burning erosion of the native culture that still has repercussions to this day. Laid back this is not.

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