Jack’s SURFILMUSIC Documentary Premieres Today at SXSW

SURFILMUSIC, a new documentary chronicling Jackʻs evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician makes its World Premiere today at SXSW ahead of a special concert tonight at Stubb’s in Austin, Texas, where Jack and the band will perform with Hermanos Gutiérrez.

SURFILMUSIC traces how Jack’s early years making surf films with close friends became a foundation for a much broader creative life, capturing moments in and out of the water that later surfaced in his songwriting. Blending rare footage from those formative surf films and Jack‘s personal and family archives with present-day reflections, the film weaves together how lived experience, friendship, and exploration shaped the sound and stories behind the music. Directed by Emmett Malloy, featuring Jack Johnson, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Gerry Lopez, Chris Malloy, G. Love, Ben Harper, John Florence, Emmett Malloy, Kim Johnson, and more, with a beautiful score by Jack Johnson and Hermanos Gutiérrez. In loving memory of Tamayo Perry.