Devil's Teeth
A film by Roger Teich

Devil's Teeth is a short documentary film about the only sea urchin diver at the Farallon Islands off the coast of California, his dreams and frequent encounters with Great White Sharks, his past shooting downers and getting Hepatitis C, his ecstatic moments at the margin of grace and terror.

I have tried to make a parable about finding freedom when your insides are messed up, how to deal with illness and fear, a child's tale about staring into the monster's yellow eyes.  I know from my own life that chronic illness and pain aren't choices that we make, but jumping into black water with big white sharks is a choice Ron Elliott (the urchin diver) makes, and I find great beauty in that.