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Surf Film Tour. by Wilder Burns, Anna,film director.; Reagan, Collins,film director.; Goetz, Peter,film director.; Soliday, Todd,film director.; Bendix, Will,film director.; Monkey Wrench Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Monkey Wrench Films in 2025.Check out five of the best surf films from around the world. TO BE FRANK tells the story of an icon and local legend whose life orbits around a two-block stretch of beach. CHASING THE UNICORN traces the history of surfing in post-war Mozambique. In MINISTRY OF SURF, world champion surfers teach children with autism. Discover the world’s longest tidal wave in CHASING THE BONO. And a surf instructor finds his small business pushed to the brink in UNCLE BULLY'S SURF SCHOOL.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Motion pictures.; Arts.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Artists.; Sports.; Action and adventure films.; Surfing.; Popular culture.;

Pay Dirt. by Taublieb, Paul,film director.; Brolin, Josh,actor.; Monkey Wrench Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Josh BrolinOriginally produced by Monkey Wrench Films in 2024.Supercross. The most underappreciated, demanding, dramatic sport on the planet, requiring heart, dedication and determination. This film by two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Paul Taublieb and narrated by executive producer Josh Brolin, is not a history, but captures the essence of the sport where passion meets commitment, relying on the twin pillars of in-depth interviews combined with cinematic camerawork along with deep archival research, featuring the biggest names of the sport.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Sports.; Athletes.; Competition.;

The Hermit of Treig. by MacKenzie, Lizzie,film director.; Monkey Wrench Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Monkey Wrench Films in 2022.This BAFTA-winning documentary tells the story of diarist and photographer Ken Smith, who spent the past four decades living alone in the Scottish highlands with no electricity or running water. Filmed over 10 years, director Lizzie MacKenzie poetically captures Ken's profound, spiritual relationship with the wilderness in this humorous, transcendent, life-affirming feature.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Photography.; Arts.; Health.; Motion pictures.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; Older people--Mental health.; Motion pictures, British.; Older people--Care.; Photography--Social aspects.; Death.; Scotland.; British Isles.; Art and architecture.; Motion pictures--Europe.;

Birth of The Endless Summer. by Yelland, Richard,film director.; Monkey Wrench Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Monkey Wrench Films in 2021.The never-been-told-before story of Dick Metz, whose vagabond adventures around the globe from 1958-1961 inspired one of the most beloved and watched documentaries of all-time, Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer. BIRTH OF THE ENDLESS SUMMER follows Metz's train-jumping, steamship-hopping tour, which led to his discovery of The Perfect Wave at Cape St. Francis in South Africa, setting the scene for the most iconic moment in surf film history. Dick's travels not only inspired his friend Bruce Brown and the making of the The Endless Summer, he also paved the way for modern surfing and surf culture. BIRTH OF THE ENDLESS SUMMER follows the 90-year old Metz to South Africa as he retraces the steps of his original adventure.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Sports.; Action and adventure films.; South Africa.; Travel.; Biography.; Surfing.; Athletes.;