From the Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series
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Directed by: Jack Winter | Starring: Nick Hernandez & Israel Paskowitz | Documentary | U.S. | 5:15
Surfers Healing is an organization created by Israel Paskowitz and is devoted to helping children with autism by taking them tandem surfing. After Israel's son was diagnosed with autism he raised a lot of money from an autism benefit. After taking his son into the ocean and seeing how it calmed him it inspired Israel to create Surfers Healing. This film was created at Laguna Beach High School.