Directors Amy Hill and Chris Riess were surprised to find the 94-year-old subject of their documentary “Hula Girl” just so cheerful despite missing out on becoming famous. In the late 1950s, Joan Anderson brought a bamboo hoop to the U.S. from her native Australia and then watched it become a national phenomenon — imagine the mid-20th-century version of the fidget spinner — but her name was nowhere in sight. “There’s people who say woulda, coulda, shoulda over and over again and that...
Shortlist 2019: 'Hula Girl' Directors Finally Give Unsung 94-Year-Old 'Her Moment'
The Wrap - 9 Aug 2019 19:30
Directors Amy Hill and Chris Riess were surprised to find the 94-year-old subject of their documentary “Hula Girl” just so cheerful despite missing out on becoming famous. In the late 1950s, Joan Anderson brought a bamboo hoop to the U.S. from her native Australia and then watched it become a national phenomenon — imagine the mid-20th-century version of the fidget spinner — but her name was nowhere in sight. “There’s people who say woulda, coulda, shoulda over and over again and that...
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