Korea’s Nearly Superhuman ‘Sea Women’ Will Take Your Breath Away
A new Apple TV+ documentary follows a dying breed of fierce septuagenarian sea divers and is poised to be the sleeper hit of the fall.
A haenyeo of South Korea’s Jeju Island in The Last of the Sea Women, premiering Oct. 11 on Apple TV+.
Source: Apple TV+In recent years, Malala Yousafzai, the activist who won a Nobel Peace Prize as a teenager, has been forging a career in Hollywood. She already executive produced an Oscar-nominated short, and now she lends her international star power to the feature length documentary, The Last of the Sea Women, releasing Friday on Apple TV+.
Yousafzai’s name carries a level of import and seriousness that could suggest that this film is the kind of project you should watch even if it’s not one you necessarily want to watch. But the Sue Kim-directed documentary feels more like easy extra credit than homework. It’s a visually stunning portrait of a group of funny, passionate women. Yes, it could stand to be a little more rigorous, but it’s a breezy introduction to a fascinating world.