"Being a haenyeo is a calling." Apple TV has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled The Last of the Sea Women, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Sue Kim. A ...

"The Last of the Sea Women," coming to Apple TV+ on Oct. 11, tells the story of South Korea's haenyeo -- female divers who harvest seafood without oxygen. Photo courtesy of Apple TV+ BUSAN, South ...

The proud free-diving female fishers of South Korea's Jeju island hope to save their tradition from extinction by passing ...

This Friday Apple TV+ will debut the documentary “The Last of the Sea Women.” Get ready to meet a band of feisty grandmother warriors often called real life mermaids. On South Korea’s Jeju Island a ...

Sue Kim remembers the first time she saw the haenyeo. The director was eight when she traveled to Jeju Island with her family and came across a group of women clad in wetsuits and masks. "They were so ...

Sue Kim’s documentary provides a lively look at an aging-out — yet active — community of traditional female marine-life harvesters on Jeju Island. Considering themselves “guardians of the sea,” ...

In “The Last of the Sea Women,” an extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo divers of South ...

A group of Haenyeo pose for photographers as they perform a demonstration during a media event on November 6, 2015. The term "Haenyeo," or "sea women," refers to women who use free-diving techniques ...

BIANNA GOLODRYGA, INTERNATIONAL HOST: Well, as we’ve been discussing, often the worst effects of climate change are experienced by those who contribute to it the least. And no one feels this more ...

BUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 5 (UPI) --Sue Kim's The Last of the Sea Women opens with stunning scenes of a free diver descending to the sea floor, underwater cinematography that would not be out of place ...

A vanishing way of life is captured in “The Last of the Sea Women.” Sue Kim’s feature directorial debut trains focus on the haenyeo — female divers associated primarily with Jeju Island off South ...