Splinters (2012)

Splinters is the first featurelength documentary film about the evolution of indigenous surfing in the developing nation of Papua New Guinea In the 1980s an intrepid Australian pilot left behind a surfboard in the seaside village of Vanimo Twenty years on surfing is not only a pillar of village life but also a means to prestige With no access to economic or educational advancement let alone running water and power village life is hermetic A spot on the Papua New Guinea national surfing team is the way to see the wider world the only way