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To Be Frank

To Be Frank

2025•11m•Documentary

Frank Paine, is a 73-year-old South Bay icon and humble local legend whose life orbits around a two-block stretch of beach. His unforgettable mustache and magnetic spirit are what most first notice, but Frank’s layers expose a depth that might answer some questions that surfers continually ask themselves. Surfing, which, for some, becomes lost in isolation, is made whole again with Frank.

Anna Wilder Burns · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime11m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 12, 2025

Actors

Frank Paine

Self

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