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Surfwise
2007 · Film · documentary · 93 min
Directed by Doug Pray
The inspiring and tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children who were all home-schooled and raised in a small camper on the beach, where they surfed and had to adhere to the strict diet and lifestyle of animals in the wild.
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There’s a documentary called Surfwise about the adult children of a couple who lived in an RV and traveled from beach to beach surfing waves and not doing much in terms of education.
They were various degrees of maladjusted if I remember correctly.
More upbeat than the story of the Paskowitz family, as told in the documentary Surfwise. They said they never had trouble with the authorities because their kids never started school. Dropping out of the system is tougher than never entering it.
The kids, as adults, were quite resentful that they lacked an educational background that could've helped them.
True Films, as suggested by BioGeek, has an extensive list of documentaries and offers thorough reviews.
Personally I use Movielens.org to keep track of movies - and based on your ratings it'll predict which other movies, including documentaries, you might enjoy.
Some of the documentaries I enjoyed are: - Armadillo (2010). Armadillo centers on a group of soldiers, as do Restrepo, and in particular a mission where Taliban soldiers allegedly are liquidated. The documentary does a good job depicting the chaos of war situations with helmet-mounted cameras. - Sharkwater (2006). To me, much more moving and worrying than The Cove. - Surfwise (2007). A surf movie that isn't about surfing, but instead tells the story of being brought up in an alternative lifestyle.