Chasing Waves and Courage in Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
A documentary film about a disabled female athlete who builds courage within herself and seeks faith.

In numerous health care institutions, waiting rooms are full of people who spend long hours nervously waiting to be seen by a doctor. Patients who come there seeking help appear to have been abandoned, left to die a slow death without getting any mercy or assistance from the people who were supposed to give them care.
A documentary film about a disabled female athlete who builds courage within herself and seeks faith.
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