

Bangla Surf Girls
2021-04-29 · 86 min · ★ 8.2
Three working-class teenage girls in a port city in Bangladesh escape daily hardships and stifling family lives by riding waves on their surfboards and grabbing hold of the fleeting and thrilling sense of freedom that brings.
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- Directors
- Elizabeth D. Costa
- Production companies
- In Sync Media, Chicken & Egg Films
- Countries
- Bangladesh, Canada
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 400,000
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