Rell Sunn

AIFF 2003 BEST DOCUMENTARY WINNER “HEART OF THE SEA: KAPOLIOKA’ EHUKAI” TO BE BROADCAST ON LOCAL PBS STATION KSYS CHANNEL 8 MAY 11TH AT 11:00 P.M.

ASHLAND ----The Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) is excited to announce that  “Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka’ Ehukai”, winner of the Festivals 2003 Best Documentary award will  be broadcast locally on  PBS  station  KSYS Channel 8 on Sunday, May 11th at 11:00 p.m. as part of  the "Independent Lens" program that airs weekly in that time slot.

Heart of the Sea is an hour-long documentary about Hawaiian legend Rell “Kapolioka'ehukai” Sunn, who died in January 1998 of breast cancer at the age of 47. Known worldwide as a pioneer of women’s professional surfing, in the Islands Rell Sunn achieved the stature of an icon — not only for her physical power, grace and luminous beauty, but for her leadership in a community that loved her as much as she loved it. Named one of Hawai’i’s most influential women of the 20th century by ABC television, Sunn - whose Hawaiian name means Heart of the Sea- was eulogized in the New York Times for having “captured the heart of Hawai’i during a 14-year battle with cancer

For more information on “Heart of the Sea” visit their website at www.swellcinema.com/heart.html

For more information on the AIFF, please visit our  web site at http://www.ashlandfilm.org/.