Surf and Turf
USA, 2008-2011, digital video, color, 35 min.
Surf and Turf examines issues of immigration, nationalism and gender. A portrait of an East Coast shore community (Deal, New Jersey) where local surfers have defied police for years and forced change in access restrictions, Surf and Turf documents the ongoing battle between (largely) adolescent surfers, local fisherman and newly rich property owners. The result is a contested geography between private property and public interest, a battle in which disagreements on land-use become a forum for examining the 21st century’s vision of Paradise and property, property and public space. With this tape, the Diaspora returns to the shores of 21st century America, and history and memory work out in unexpected and provocative ways. This is a US premiere screening.