Ama Girls

1958 film

  • July 9, 1958 (1958-07-09)
Running time
29 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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

References

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

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