Malala Yousafzai is in manufacturing on her first venture for Apple –

Malala Yousafzai, an activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and tv and movie producer, is engaged on her first film for Apple.

Malala Yousafzai manufacturing agency, Extracurricular, has teamed up with unbiased studio A24 on a function documentary on the famed “haenyeo” tradition of fisherwomen on South Korea’s Jeju Island.

The movie tells the story of “Korea’s Mermaids,” a bunch of aged free divers. These girls present for the island folks of Jeju Island by fishing seafood off the shore.

Matriarchs, breadwinners, and noisy grandmothers, the haenyeo have diminished in current many years. Nonetheless, their descendants are actually working to resurrect their ancestors’ famend and infrequently dangerous life-style, whereas additionally battling to safeguard the ocean from the oncoming environmental disaster.

The movie joins Apple’s rising documentary slate, which incorporates the Toronto-premiering documentary “Sidney,” in addition to a four-part docuseries on Earvin “Magic” Johnson, “They Name Me Magic,” the Emmy Award-nominated documentary “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,” and the Critics’ Alternative Documentary Award-nominated movie “The Velvet Underground.”

When it’s launched, the unnamed documentary will likely be obtainable to all Apple TV+ customers. A subscription prices $4.99 per 30 days or could also be obtained by means of any tier of the Apple One subscription package deal.