Wade in the Water
2024
Computer Files, Websites
Led by historical experts and community leaders in the BIPOC surfing movement, WADE IN THE WATER resurrects the thousand-year-old Black surfing tradition, stirring the next generation of Black surfers. The film explores the neglected history of Black surfing’s heritage by charting the origins of African aquatic culture and examining the evolution of Black surfing through the modern day.The journey begins with the first written account of surfing in the 1640s, from Africa, 200 years before Europeans described surfing in Oceania and the Pacific Islands. Advancing into the 20th century, Nick Gabaldón is highlighted as a surfing figure who is as significant as he is overlooked. We then learn of the shameful histories of weaponizing eminent domain and acts of white supremacist terrorism that drove Black communities and businesses from America's shores in places such as Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica. And finally, we bear witness to the reclamation of aquatic culture with the contemporary wave of young Black surfers.
Main title:
Author:
Mesfin, David, film directorMasekela, Selema, actorSchaffer, Sharon, actorVideo Project (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Work:
Imprint:
Video Project, 2023.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (63 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Video Project in 2023.
Performers:
Selema Masekela, Sharon Schaffer
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
483929
Electronic access:
Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/14880773/external-image - Cover Image