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Surfwise is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Doug Pray released in USA on 1 january 2007

Surfwise (2007)

Surfwise
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Released in USA 1 january 2007
Length 1h33
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating70% 3.5436953.5436953.5436953.5436953.543695

Surfwise is a 2007 American documentary film about the 11-member Doc Paskowitz family, which was directed by Doug Pray. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on 11 September 2007 and had its U.S. premiere on 9 May 2008. Paskowitz went to Stanford University Medical School, became an M.D., and espoused a philosophy of holistic health and diet, while raising his large family of eight boys and one girl in a camper, and founding a school of surfing.

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En 1956, le Docteur Paskowitz avait tout réussi : médecin renommé, sportif accompli, il faisait même ses débuts dans la politique locale à Hawaï. Bref, c'était le parfait exemple du rêve américain. Ou du moins le croyait-il, jusqu'à LA révélation...

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