There is something very heart-warming about this documentary’s simplistic and unflinching approach. Made by surfing enthusiasts and filmmakers, Stefan Hunt and Jonno Durrant (Surfing 50 States), Somewhere Near Tapachula shows how much can be achieved through human kindness and the curative power of surfing.
The film introduces Australian couple Pam and Alan Skuse, who went to Mexico in 2000 to volunteer for 12 months and ended up setting up their own orphanage. The Skuses’ original placement ended up closing 6 months after their arrival, and faced with the rehousing of the 7 children in their care, they decided to stay on and Misión México was born.
This refuge in Tapachula, Chiapas now homes 54 children and young adults all coming from troubled backgrounds. Tapachula is close to the Guatemalan border and is a gateway for drugs and people-smuggling from Central and South America. The documentary offers us some of the older children’s stories which they share with stark and moving honesty.
The film introduces Australian couple Pam and Alan Skuse, who went to Mexico in 2000 to volunteer for 12 months and ended up setting up their own orphanage. The Skuses’ original placement ended up closing 6 months after their arrival, and faced with the rehousing of the 7 children in their care, they decided to stay on and Misión México was born.
This refuge in Tapachula, Chiapas now homes 54 children and young adults all coming from troubled backgrounds. Tapachula is close to the Guatemalan border and is a gateway for drugs and people-smuggling from Central and South America. The documentary offers us some of the older children’s stories which they share with stark and moving honesty.
