Ama Girls

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]

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

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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