Maya and The Wave (12A)
Fri 11 Oct 2024 - Wed 16 Oct 2024
Category
Other Information
Rated 12A
Price
£9* | £5* students/under 25s
Time
Various (see dates below)
Fri 11 Oct 2024 - Wed 16 Oct 2024
Other Information
Rated 12A
Price
£9* | £5* students/under 25s
Time
Various (see dates below)
Dir. Stephanie Johnes
2022 |95 mins | US
English and Portuguese with English subtitles
Showing Times
Filmmaker Stephanie Johnes’ thrilling documentary follows world-champion Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira, who after a brush with death, battles against monster waves as well as chauvinism in the field of competitive surfing.
MAYA and the WAVE, a feature length documentary, tells the extraordinary story of Maya Gabeira, the first woman to surf the giant wave in Nazaré, Portugal. She nearly drowns – and is ridiculed by the male big wave surfers who dominate the sport. Three spine surgeries and five years later, she surfs the biggest wave a woman has ever surfed. When her accomplishment is disregarded, Maya enlists the help of her fans to fight for recognition –and becomes the first female surfer honored with a Guinness World Record in big wave surfing.
The film gains an intimacy with Maya and her family that’s rarely attained in profiles of elite athletes. We see her draw strength from her mother, the fashion designer Yamê Reis, and her father, Fernando Gabeira, whose life in radical politics was depicted in the Oscar-nominated film Four Days in September. With thrillings (and at times tow curling) surf footage the aquatic landscapes of MAYA AND THE WAVE commands a theatrical experience.
∆ BBFC Rating Details:
Rated 12A – moderate threat, violence, sexism, upsetting scenes, strong language