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Tue May 2 09:54:10 UTC 2023

Happy May!!!!

Please share with everyone! 

We have some exciting events for everyone to join the NFB of SC this month!
If you enjoy audio described movies, trivia, technology presentations,
getting fit or just talking about technology! Well, the NFB of SC is here
for you!!!!!! Be sure and read all the way to the bottom of this message to
read about the new Viewers Choice movie selections for June! 

The below listed events take place on the NFB of SC Zoom platform and all
times are eastern. 

Friday, May 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM Seabiscuit(Audio Described movie)

Friday, May 12, 2023 at 8:00 PM Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody
(Audio Described movie)

Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 11:00 AM BlindSquare Tech Presentation 

Friday, May 19, 2023 at 8:00 PM  Trivia Night (Email David Bundy at
bundy at pobox.com <mailto:bundy at pobox.com>  to registre) 

SC Tech Talk: takes place every Saturday at 3:00 PM Eastern

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Seabiscuit

In the early 20th century, as America enters the automobile age, Charles S.
Howard opens a bicycle shop in San Francisco. He is soon selling
automobiles, becoming the largest car dealer in California and one of the
Bay Area's richest men. In the wake of the Great Depression, Canadian John
"Red" Pollard's family is financially ruined, and he is sent to live with a
horse trainer. Years pass and Pollard becomes a jockey, but amateur boxing
leaves him blind in one eye.

After their young son is killed in an automobile accident, Howard's wife
leaves him. He obtains a divorce in Mexico, where Pollard is struggling to
make his mark as a jockey. Howard meets and marries Marcela Zabala. When he
acquires a stable of racehorses, he hires itinerant horseman Tom Smith as
his trainer. Smith convinces him to buy a colt called Seabiscuit. Though a
grandson of the great Man o' War and trained by the renowned James E.
Fitzsimmons, Seabiscuit is viewed as small, lazy, and unmanageable. Smith
witnesses Pollard's similarly temperamental spirit, and hires him as
Seabiscuit's jockey.

Under Smith's innovative training, Seabiscuit becomes the most successful
racehorse on the West Coast and an underdog hero to the public. Howard
issues a challenge to Samuel D. Riddle, owner of the East Coast champion and
Triple Crown-winning racehorse War Admiral, but Riddle dismisses California
racing as inferior. In the prestigious Santa Anita Handicap, Seabiscuit
takes the lead, but Pollard's impaired vision prevents him from noticing
another horse surging up on the outside. Losing by a nose, Pollard admits
his partial blindness to Smith.

Howard declares that Pollard will remain Seabiscuit's jockey, and rallies
public support for a match race with War Admiral. Riddle agrees, on the
condition that they race with a rope and bell instead of a starting gate.
With Seabiscuit at a disadvantage, Smith trains the horse to break fast at
the sound of the bell. As the race approaches, Pollard severely fractures
his leg in a riding accident. Informed he may never walk again, let alone
ride, he recommends that his friend and skilled jockey George Woolf ride
Seabiscuit, advising him on the horse's handling and behavior from his
hospital bed.

The highly anticipated "race of the century" draws a sellout crowd, with 40
million more people listening on the radio. Seabiscuit takes an early lead
until the far turn; following Pollard's advice, Woolf lets Seabiscuit look
War Admiral in the eye before surging ahead, and Seabiscuit wins by four
lengths, delighting the nation. A few months later, Seabiscuit injures his
leg. Pollard, still recovering from his own injured leg, tends to the horse
as they both heal. When Seabiscuit is fit enough to race again, Howard
brings him back to the Santa Anita Handicap, but is reluctant to allow
Pollard to ride and risk crippling himself for life. At the urging of Woolf
and Marcela, Howard relents.

Pollard, using a self-made leg brace, finds himself and Seabiscuit facing
Woolf in the race. Seabiscuit drops far behind the field until Woolf pulls
his horse alongside Pollard, allowing Seabiscuit a good look at his mount.
With Woolf's encouragement, Seabiscuit surges ahead and passes the others.
Heading for the finish line several lengths ahead, Pollard explains that the
story of Seabiscuit is not merely of three men who fixed a broken-down
horse, but that Seabiscuit fixed them and, in a way, they fixed one another.

Cast

Tobey Maguire as John "Red" Pollard

Michael Angarano as Young John "Red" Pollard

Jeff Bridges as Charles S. Howard

Chris Cooper as Tom Smith

Elizabeth Banks as Marcela Zabala-Howard

Gary Stevens as George Woolf

William H. Macy as "Tick Tock" McLaughlin

Eddie Jones as Samuel Riddle

Michael O'Neill as Mr. Pollard

David McCullough as The Narrator

Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

In 1983, 19-year-old Whitney Houston is being coached by her mother Cissy
while leading a church choir in New Jersey. A professional singer herself,
Cissy pushes her daughter to be better, though being hard on her at times.
Whitney finds solace in a friendship with Robyn Crawford, which turns
romantic, and they later move into their own apartment, much to the chagrin
of Cissy. One night, Cissy and Whitney are set to perform at the Sweetwaters
nightclub. After spotting producer Clive Davis in the audience, Cissy feigns
sickness and encourages Whitney to open the show. Whitney performs "The
Greatest Love of All", which impresses Davis, who immediately signs Whitney
to Arista Records.

He books her for her first major live performance on The Merv Griffin Show,
where she gives a performance of "Home". Soon afterwards, Whitney releases a
highly successful debut album, and sets up her production company, Nippy
Inc., run by her overbearing father and self-appointed manager, John. When
Whitney wants to hire Crawford as a personal assistant, John refuses due to
their personal relationship and tells the pair to date men, to Robyn's
dismay.

After recording a love song with Jermaine Jackson, the two start a sexual
relationship, which angers Robyn. After a fight, Robyn breaks down and
Whitney ends their romantic relationship, but remain close friends. In 1987,
Whitney releases her sophomore album and its leading single, "I Wanna Dance
with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", which makes her a crossover success. However,
she is accused by a radio show interviewer of selling out and not sounding
"black enough", to which Whitney angrily defends herself.

Attending the Soul Train Music Awards in 1988, Whitney is met with
protesters at the red carpet and her name is booed after singer Anita Baker
announces her as one of the nominees for Best Music Video. Whitney meets
singer Bobby Brown and the two start to date; eventually, Bobby proposes to
her in their limousine, and she accepts. Shortly afterward, Bobby informs
her that he impregnated his ex-girlfriend, leading an enraged Whitney to
storm out of the limousine, but they quickly reconcile.

In the early 1990s Whitney is at her peak, performing the "Star Spangled
Banner" at Super Bowl XXV and acting in the film The Bodyguard, and going on
tour, performing "I Will Always Love You" at a stadium in South Africa for
newly inaugurated president Nelson Mandela. Following a miscarriage, she
later marries Bobby and has a daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. One night,
Whitney returns home to find Bobby gone and her credit card missing. When he
returns the following morning, the two argue, resulting in her throwing him
out of the house and using drugs to cope.

In 1998, Clive meets with Whitney to discuss her not releasing a new studio
album in over eight years, despite releasing seven major singles and
starring in three films. Inspired by her tumultuous relationship with Brown,
Whitney records the ballad "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", despite rejecting it
several times before. Later, she confronts her father about spending too
much of her money on expensive gifts, leaving her near broke, and then
discovers that he has been negotiating a new $100 million contract with
Arista behind her back.

Later, dealing with insomnia, Whitney goes to Clive's hotel room and asks
him to show her potential songs. Upon finding one she likes, a new studio
album is released. She also informs Clive that she is going on tour (to
stable her finances), and Clive warns her about burning out. She dismisses
his worries. The following tour is exhausting, and leads to Houston having a
mental and physical decline in which she descends to drug addiction,
damaging her voice and reputation. Davis urges her to enter rehab, but she
refuses.

Near the tour's end, Robyn and Bobby argue, after the former attempts to get
Whitney to return home and end the tour. In the end, she chooses to continue
the tour, leading to Robyn leaving Whitney's life. Before leaving, she later
tells her that her father is dying in a hospital. There, Whitney is
confronted with a $100 million lawsuit from John's company. She cuts ties
with her father, even refusing to attend his funeral. Cissy finds her
daughter in a drug-induced haze and orders her to rehab by a police order.
Eventually, Whitney sobers up, reconnects with daughter Krissy, and divorces
Brown.

In 2009, Houston attempts a comeback with a new album and performs one of
its tracks on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Following the performance, Clive
visits Whitney and she tells him that she is interested in going back on
tour, but Clive advises her to rest. But she goes on with the tour, which
proves disastrous and prompts walkouts due to her performance. In February
2012, Houston arrives at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles to perform "Home"
at a pre-Grammy party. Her bassist Rickey advises her to call it off and
rest, but she refuses. At the hotel's bar, she and the bartender reminisce.

In her hotel room, a tearful Whitney begins running bath water and sings
"Home" to herself while reminiscing about her life and career before dying
suddenly. In a flashback, Houston sings a medley of "I Loves You, Porgy",
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", and "I Have Nothing", which is met
with a standing ovation.

Cast

Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston

Stanley Tucci as Clive Davis, Whitney's record producer and supportive
friend

Ashton Sanders as Bobby Brown, Whitney's husband

Tamara Tunie as Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother

Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford, Whitney's best friend and assistant.
Williams also previously played another character in a 2015 television film
about Whitney Houston.[4]

Clarke Peters as John Houston, Whitney's strict father

Dave Heard as Rickey Minor, Whitney's musical director

Bria Danielle Singleton as Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney and Bobby's teenage
daughter

Bailee Lopes as young Bobbi Kristina Brown

Kris Sidberry as Patricia "Pat" Houston, Whitney's sister-in-law

Palmetto Zoom Event

Be sure to join our Sports and Rec Division for "Get Fit Sessions" every
Tuesdays at 5:30 PM and Saturdays at 9:00 AM on the below Palmetto Zoom
platform!

The National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina Sports and Recreation
Division is a proud division of the National Federation of the Blind. We
know that blindness is not the characteristic that keeps us from achieving
our health, wellness, and athletic goals. The Sports and Recreation Division
serves as a community around sports, recreation, health, and wellness.

Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are two of the biggest health concerns
across the United States. Both are more prevalent among blind individuals.
The Sports and Recreation Division works diligently to raise awareness of
health concerns related to exercise, nutrition, and wellness. We serve as a
network of experts to help blind people break down barriers to full
participation in sports, recreation, and exercise. We are also a great
source of support for gyms, community recreation programs, and others in the
health and wellness arena who want to make their services more accessible to
the blind.

>From the seasoned blind sports and recreation participant to the blind
person who is considering beginning an exercise, sports, or wellness
regiment this is the community for you!

Palmetto Zoom

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Meeting ID: 864 878 9090

Passcode: 124578

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Viewers Choice

The viewers will choose our 2nd movie for the month of June. Below is a list
of movies to choose from. I ask that you send your vote to
cookcafe at sc.rr.com <mailto:cookcafe at sc.rr.com>  or text me at 803 260 1292.
The movie with the most votes will be shown in June! All votes must be in by
the end of May. 

Purple Rain

Manchester By The Sea

Mask

Steve Cook

Krispy Kreme

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