Lessons from Jeju

2020 | 13 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Lessons from Jeju
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    Seven months pregnant and apprehensive of the effect motherhood would have on her career as a professional freediver, Kimi Werner took a trip to the island of Jeju in South Korea to meet her heroes, the haenyeo – a group of freediving and fishing women often regarded as Korea’s first working mother’s whose culture dates back centuries.

  • Release Date

    11 May 2020

  • DirectingNicole Gormley
  • Budget

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