A Deeper Shade of Blue
Tuesday 19 July 2011 In this film, Jack McCoy floats in his element, the ocean, with a super toy to maximise his interaction with his doccie about the Aloha spirit and the gift Hawaii gave to the world.
A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE
Screening times: Hawaii, USA, 2011 Video, 90min
Director: Jack McCoy
Cast: Jamie O Brian, Chad and Trace Marshall, Manoa Drolett, Stephanie Gilmore, Jordy Smith, Tom Wegener, Derek Hynd, Marty Pardarsis and Terry Chung.
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Where do you start? At the beginning. Jack McCoy takes a heady subject - the roots of surfing and the spirit of Hawaii - and gives it poetic justice: majestic, lofty, cathedral justice. This gorgeously shot feature documentary brings a new shade of blue, a mystic place where light edged wraiths dance at the edge of a crystalline consciousness. Brought up in Hawaii, and now living in Australia, McCoy gives back to his motherland by crafting a visceral expression of a gift Hawaii has bequeathed to the world - the Aloha Spirit, something, perhaps, not dissimilar to the spirit of Ubuntu here in Africa. There is cool music by Foo Fighters, Iggy Pop, Paul McCartney and Cold Play, among others. There are cool people in Jamie O Brian, Manoa Drolett, Stephanie Gilmore, Jordy Smith, Tom Wegener, Derek Hynd, and Terry Chung, among others. There is groundbreaking submarine cams tracking waves being ridden ... from under the water. These things flag the film as a must-see. There is so much more than that.