She began to adapt to her new lifestyle, her eyes on the wave. ![]() “Within six days of losing my arm, I already had hopes to surf with one arm,” she says. ![]() “I knew I was going to be a professional surfer,” Bethany remembers gleefully. Inspired by her surfer parents, Cheri and Tom (both prominently featured in the doc, along with brother Timmy), Bethany started riding the waves at an early age in Kauai, and her “natural ability” was uncanny. ![]() Admirable, but as surface-deep as the surfboards it showcases, Lieber’s third doc about the subject matter – after The Pursuit and Lakey Peterson: Zero to 100 – is an Inspirational Doc, through and through a “Perseverance Conquers All” PSA under the guise of a film, chockfull of stirring pop tunes and motivational quotes worthy of hanging over your office desk. They want to push the boundaries of possibility.” Surfer Bethany Hamilton’s drive pushed her to get her left arm bitten off by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing off the coast of Kauai in 2003 – yet the terrible incident didn’t stop her from pursuing her dreams. ![]() “The ocean… There’s really no other playing field like it,” one of the interviewee’s states in Aaron Lieber’s documentary Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable.
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