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The South Korean selkies
MARIA DUARTE recommends a homage to fearless, independent and empowering elderly women
The Last of the Sea Women - South Korea's natural marine divers

The Last of the Sea Women (PG)
Directed by Sue Kim 

 


 
“BEING an haenyeo is a calling,” states one of the extraordinary protagonists in Sue Kim’s enlightening directorial debut feature about a little-known but fierce band of women in South Korea. 

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