A24, Malala Partner on Feature Doc for Apple About Korea’s Haenyeo Community of Elderly Fisherwomen (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comManori Ravindran International Editor Malala Yousafzai — activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner and film and TV producer — is in production on her first project for Apple, Variety can reveal.
Her production company Extracurricular has partnered with indie studio A24 for a still-untitled feature documentary on the legendary ‘haenyeo’ society of fisherwomen, who live on South Korea’s Jeju Island.
The Apple Original Films title is directed by Peabody Award nominee Sue Kim (“The Speed Cubers”), and is the first project to go into production from Extracurricular’s Apple TV+ partnership, which was struck in March 2021.
The film tells the story of the “haenyeo,” dubbed “Korea’s mermaids” — a community of elderly free divers whose work catching seafood off the coast of Jeju Island has supported their community for generations.
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