Around 37 minutes into The Last of the Sea Women, Sue Kim’s stunning documentary now streaming on Apple TV+, Woo Jeong-min dives into a sea so dark that its teal depths look almost solid. As she ...

One of this year’s acclaimed Oscar-contending documentaries goes below the waves with a remarkable community of women free divers off the coast of South Korea. They’re formally known as “haenyeo,” but ...

"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 ...

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,” ...

A decade after becoming the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in history, Malala Yousafzai is beginning her career as a film producer with the documentary “The Last of the Sea Women,” which premiered ...

Sue Kim first discovered the haenyeo on a family trip to South Korea’s Jeju Island. As her family walked along the coast they noticed a gathering of female free divers wearing wetsuits and donning ...

Bawean Island, a remote Indonesian island in the Java Sea, has long fascinated travelers because of its unusually female-dominated population. Often called the “Island of Women,” it’s not that men don ...

Imprints of evolution can be seen among the Haenyeo of South Korea. After generations of foraging for food on the seabed, these all-women divers have fostered several genetic adaptations that allow ...