Soul Surfer

film by McNamara [2011]

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The 2011 film Soul Surfer is a dramatized retelling of professional surfer Bethany Hamilton's life. Hamilton, an American surfer, lost her left arm to a tiger shark attack at age 13 while surfing in Hawaii. Despite this severe injury, she returned to surfing just a month later and continued to compete professionally, even winning a national title in 2005. The movie highlights her inspiring journey of faith, family, and determination to get back on the board. Actress AnnaSophia Robb portrays Hamilton in the film, with Helen Hunt playing Hamilton's mother.12

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…movie credits included the inspirational Soul Surfer (2011) and the drama The Sessions (2012), in which she played a sex therapist who helps a disabled man lose his virginity. She also wrote, directed, and starred in Ride (2014), about a writer who follows her son to California when he drops…
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…movie credits included the inspirational Soul Surfer (2011) and the drama The Sessions (2012), in which she played a sex therapist who helps a disabled man lose his virginity. She also wrote, directed, and starred in Ride (2014), about a writer who follows her son to California when he drops…
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