\u00bbChange takes time, and comes with frustrations, with ups and downs. Shobe and Ayesha are role models, they can change lives for future generations of girls who have been seeing the world through their eyes and that deserve our support. The film demonstrates how small interventions can bring about a huge change.\u00ab \u2013 Elizabeth D. Costa<\/p>\n
Bangla Surf Girls<\/strong>\u00a0takes us into the heart of a slum near Cox\u2019s Bazar in Bangladesh. The young protagonists join a local surf club and dream of a life of freedom without fixed gender roles. Forced marriage is also a subject they are regularly confronted with. On their surfboards, Shobe, Ayesha and Suma summon the courage to resist social constraints and family pressure. Following the ups and downs of the waves, the film reflects the highs and lows of the girls\u2019 everyday lives: on the one hand, their shared enjoyment of sport and training together, on the other, a life of poverty and hardship. The documentary captures the profound emotions and dangerous family dynamics. Their new-found confidence is put to the test again and again, but giving up is not an option for the surfers.<\/p>\n
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