‘Splinters,’ a Documentary on Indigenous Surfing in Papua New GuineaThere have been movies about third-world athletes advancing to prosperity through sports (Disney’s dramedy “Cool Runnings,” about the first Jamaican Olympic bobsled team; Anne Buford’s recent documentary, “Elevate,” about Senegalese basketball players shooting for the N.B.A.). And there have been movies about surfing (Bruce Brown’s classic “The Endless Summer” ; his son Dana Brown’s “Step Into ...
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Apheresis: where movies, web surfing and blood donations meshNapa resident Nancy Burlingame remembers the day her father’s life hung in the balance after he suffered an aneurysm. Hospital staff were searching desperately for blood for a transfusion during his emergency surgery. Twenty years later, she can still hear the doctor yelling to staff, “Find me blood!”
After the wave has brokenTim Elliott talks to five former surfing greats about where they are now and what they've learnt from life's second act.
