Ama Girls

Ama Girls
Yugoslav poster
Directed by	Ben Sharpsteen
Written by	Dwight Hauser
Produced by	Ben Sharpsteen Walt Disney
Distributed by	Buena Vista
Release date	July 9, 1958 (1958-07-09)
Running time	29 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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

External links

Ama Girls at IMDb
Ama Girls at Disney A to Z

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