The Last of the Sea Women

2024

Documentary

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 97% · 37 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 97%
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 873 873

diving apnoe-diving struggle for survival free diving traditional culture threatened ecosystem

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Plot summary

On the shores of Jeju Island, a fierce group of South Korean divers fight to save their vanishing culture from looming threats.

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Sue Kim

Top cast

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Jonathan K 6 / 10

It's beautifully shot, especially the water sequences. The

It's beautifully shot, especially the water sequences. The diving scenes are stunning. I went in thinking I was watching a quaint little documentary about these female divers, most of them older, with only a couple younger ones keeping the tradition alive. It seemed like it would simply be about a dying profession, their love of the ocean, and these incredible women still doing this work at advanced ages. Then it takes a turn. It becomes, at least in part, about Japan slowly releasing treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean over the next few decades. The film presents this as a major looming problem. But from what I've read, the danger is highly contested. Many scientists argue the levels are so minute as to be negligible, even compared to naturally occurring background radiation. At best, it's up for debate. At worst, it may be virtually harmless. The optics of "dumping nuclear waste into the ocean" are obviously terrible, and the film... [continued on letterboxd]
Reviewed by CadeandKit R 9 / 10

This one hit us square in the chest

This one hit us square in the chest. Quietly powerful. Unexpectedly moving. And yes… Cade cried. Produced by Extracurricular Productions, founded by Malala Yousafzai. It’s giving power to stories that need to be told and this one is unforgettable. The documentary captures exhaustion, dignity, tradition, and quiet strength. These women aren’t doing it for legacy or attention. They’re doing it because it’s who they are. And it’s beautiful.
Reviewed by Richard Y 5 / 10

The content about the women's lives and work

The content about the women's lives and work was very good. The downgrade in my rating is because of the tangential material about release of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima reactor disaster. The film portrays the women as nobly protesting and testifiying against the release. The problem is that a small amount of research shows that they were cynically being used as iconic, sympathetic pawns and given absolutely false propaganda to frighten and mislead them. The women were afraid the release would poison their fishing grounds and even themselves. The facts are quite different. Their island is 1500 sea miles away, on the far side of Japan and across the entire sea of Japan. The estimated amount of radiation that could reach them is one millionth the level of the background radiation. The release is so slow, over 30 years, with diluted, pretreated waste. 6 miles from the release point, the levels of radioactivity are undetectable - and they are 1500 miles away.
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