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Swell: A Documentary on Four Generations of Women Surfers
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| This award-winning documentary by Charlotte Lagarde focuses on four generations of female surfers who surf year round in the cold waters off Santa Cruz, CA. The women in the film range in age from 9-year-old newcomer to a 58-year-old wave veteran. The vintage 1950’s footage is great, too. |
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Directed by Charlotte LaGarde
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Contact
Rated PG
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| Jodie Foster plays the admirable astronomer Ellie Arroway. Her adventure is one of the biggest of them all. And the question is, contact with who (or what…)? |
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Fly Away Home
Rated PG
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| Thirteen-year-old Amy is having a hard time coping with her mom's death, but she begins to feel better when a group of baby geese hatch and she becomes their surrogates mother. The geese grow up and she knows they need to be let loose. She and her dad create a plan to help the birds migrate south, but a few things stand in their way. Fly Away Home is an adventurous, warm-hearted tale based on a true story. |
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Gorillas in the Mist
Rated PG
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| Based on the true story of young anthropologist Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist is the tale of a courageous woman who went into the mountains of Africa to study rare gorillas. Her interest in the animals evolves into a passion and finally an obsession. Fossey ultimately risks her life to protect the gorillas from poachers and animal traders. |
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The River Wild
Rated PG-13
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| Former river guide Gail (Meryl Streep) decides to take her son on a white water rafting trip for his birthday (much to the dismay of her wimpy husband). On the river, Gail helps two guys who seem friendly enough at first but turn out to be criminals on the run. They want Gail to help them escape by using her river knowledge to negotiate the Gauntlet--a deadly set of rapids where three rivers come together. |
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Twister
Rated PG
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| Okay, so there are flying cows, shredded houses and gasoline tankers that morph into airborne bombs. But Helen Hunt is a scientist, and she's out there battling a mile-wide, 300 mile per hour tornado. This is definitely field science. |
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