A Brokedown Melody

A Brokedown Melody is a 2004 documentary surf film from Woodshed Films directed by singersongwriter Jack Johnson and his film school friend Chris Malloy. Presented as a special screening to benefit the Kkua Hawaii Foundation at the Hawaii Theatre in Honolulu on August 11, 2004, the film had premieres during the fall of 2004 at the Malibu International Film Festival MIFF on September 16, 2004, at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts during the 2nd annual Moonshine Festival on October 9, 2004, at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara in October, 2004, and at the Hawaii International Film Festival HIFF in Honolulu in October, 2004. It is the fourth of The Moonshine Conspiracy films.

The film explores the times, travels and experiences of a tribe of surfers who search for the spark of life and look to pass it on to the younger generation. Surfing on all sorts of boards, the stoked tribe finds plentiful, insanely good waves and no crowds.Released by Brushfire Records on November 14, 2006, the soundtrack to A Brokedown Melody, which is scored by Johnson, collectspreviously unavailable tracks by the likes of Culver City Dub Collective, Kings of Convenience, Johnny Osbourne, M. Ward, The Beta Band, Doug Martsch, Matt Costa, Eddie Vedder, and Johnson himself. ........

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