Ama Girls

Ama Girls
Yugoslav poster
Directed byBen Sharpsteen
Written byDwight Hauser
Produced byBen Sharpsteen
Walt Disney
Distributed byBuena Vista
Release date
  • July 9, 1958 (1958-07-09)
Running time
29 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ama Girls is a 1958 American short documentary film produced by Ben Sharpsteen. The short was part of Disney's People & Places series and depicts the lives of ama divers, Japanese women who dive for pearls.[1] Ama Girls won an Oscar at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959 for Documentary Short Subject.[2] It is also known as Japan Harvests the Sea.

References

  1. ^ "Ama Girls".
  2. ^ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.


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