Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC

A new documentary chronicling Jack Johnson’s evolution from surfer to

filmmaker to world-renowned musician. The film traces how Johnson’s early years making surf

films with close friends became a foundation for a much broader creative life, capturing

moments in and out of the water that later surfaced in his songwriting. Blending rare footage

from those formative surf films and Johnson’s personal and family archives with present-dayreflections, the film weaves together how lived experience, friendship, and exploration shaped the sound and stories behind the music. Directed by Emmett Malloy, featuring Jack Johnson, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Gerry Lopez, Chris Malloy, G. Love, Ben Harper, John Florence,

Emmett Malloy, Kim Johnson, and more, with a beautiful score by Jack Johnson and Hermanos

Gutiérrez. In loving memory of Tamayo Perry