Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Girls Can't Surf shows how determined women battled sexism in their sport

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par Sophia Nimphius, Professor of Human Performance, Edith Cowan University

Review: Girls Can’t Surf, directed by Christopher Nelius

The documentary Girls Can’t Surf spans the 1980s and early 1990s as women surfers battled in and out of the ocean. It has the predictable surf movie elements — a countercultural vibe and lots of fluoro fashion — but its power comes from the untold stories of brave, tenacious and funny women who fought to be taken seriously in their sport.

In the 1980s, a fierce international group of determined women surfers decided enough…

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