Sombrio

SOMBRIO is a an hour long documentary about the eviction of a diverse community of surfers and squatters that existed on the West Coast of Vancouver Island for more than thirty years It centers on a family with ten children who grew up surfing on the beach and captures them and other residents over a twoyear period revealing their personal stories and convictions as they come to terms with their impending eviction Sombrio presents a portrait of a vital subculture in BCs history and challenges our notions of what it means to be a selfdetermined citizen