Fresh to Frightening
The Sharon Green Story
Inspired by her father, a young Canadian woman navigates the male-dominated world of competitive yacht racing photography
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Sharon Green – Ultimate Sailing in association with Gareth Kelly – Bowline Films are thrilled to announce their documentary short film, Fresh to Frightening – The Sharon Green Story is on tour.
The 19-minute short film tells the story of how a young woman from Canada - Sharon Green - inspired by her father's yacht racing triumph, rises to the top through the '80s and ’90s of a male-dominated industry to become one of the leading competitive yacht racing photographers in the world and the founder of Ultimate Sailing.
Take a glimpse behind the scenes of this glamorous and exciting sport as Green preps for races, chases down the wind, and takes to the sky in a helicopter, hoping to capture images of majestic racing yachts in “big seas & big winds”, conditions Green lives for and calls – Fresh to Frightening.
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Genres: Documentary, Short Films
Duration: 19 minutes
Subtitles: English
Availability: Worldwide
The world of competitive yacht racing is fast, exciting, and glamorous.
From the America’s Cup to the Olympics to billionaires racing across exotic seas it is a world dominated by men.
Gracing covers of yachting magazines the world over images of these sailboats and their crews are captured by a small but elite group of yachting photographers – a profession also dominated by men.
But in the early ’80s, inspired by her father's Canada’s Cup yacht racing triumph a young girl from Burlington Bay Canada, Sharon Green, entered the fray.
Ever since Green has established herself as one of the finest yacht racing photographers of her generation, perfecting helicopter photography capturing incredible images of racing yachts in her favorite condition
–Fresh to Frightening
I met Sharon a few years ago at our local yacht club. As a lifelong sailor myself, I realized I have been seeing her amazing images in magazines for years.
After meeting and writing a short profile piece about her in the local paper I thought, "This woman is incredible!"
Her ability to capture the power and beauty of sailboats while also fighting her way to the top of such a male-dominated industry is no doubt one of the reasons she's considered one of the greatest competitive yacht racing photographers in the world today.
I am beyond grateful Sharon has entrusted me to tell her story.
Gareth Kelly - Director
