The Making of Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable with Director Aaron Lieber

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🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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When she was 13, up-and-coming pro surfer Bethany Hamilton lost her left arm in a shark attack. That’s just the beginning of her story. Bethany bounced back a month later and today is one of the best surfers in the world. There’s a new documentary about her story, “Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable,” that hits theaters July 12th. The film’s director, Aaron Lieber, has found a niche making films about female surfers and was committed to telling Bethany's whole story in her own voice.

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0:00.0	Have you ever seen one of those movies about a professional athlete or adventure that gives you the butterflies the sense that you have to get outside right now and go for it?
0:09.0	Today I'm talking to Aaron Leiber, the director of a film that did that for me a film I witness part of being made
0:14.6	firsthand about surfer Bethany Hamilton it comes out in select theaters July 12th if you want to be a
0:20.5	filmmaker or you're Bethany fan, this is a great show.
0:24.0	Aaron Leiber started making films of his buddy skateboarding when he was in high school.
0:33.4	During college he had an internship at Trans World Surf.
0:36.6	The growing popularity of YouTube allowed him to make more robust highlight videos and
0:40.9	surf videos.
0:42.0	Then he found his niche making feature films
0:44.4	about female surfers which not many people were doing at the time. He started
0:48.8	winning awards quickly through his work, Aaron met Bethany Hamilton,
0:52.4	and the idea for the documentary Unstoppable. through his work, Aaron met Bethany Hamilton,
0:52.6	and the idea for the documentary Unstoppable was born.
0:57.2	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is wild ideas worth living.
1:08.0	Bethany Hamilton has been on the surf scene for over 20 years and she's only 29. When she was 8 years old, she placed first in an NSA competition and she hasn't stopped competing and winning ever since.
1:16.0	You might have heard of Bethany because her life story was turned into a Hollywood movie called
1:20.2	Soul Surfer back in 2011.
1:23.4	When Bethany was 13 years old, she was out surfing at Tunnels Beach in Kauai
1:27.8	when she was attacked by a tiger shark and lost her left arm.
1:31.4	But Bethany was back on her board a month later and competing only a month after that.
1:36.3	Her incredible story isn't just about surviving a shark attack though.
1:40.3	Bethany has remained one of the top surfers in the world.
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