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TV-14
HBO

Summary With interviews and personal videotapes, Jeff and Michael Zimbalist's documentary tell the story of the surfers known as the Momentum Generation crew (Shane Dorian, Taylor Knox, Rob Machado, Pat O’Connell, Kalani Robb, Kelly Slater, Taylor Steele, Benji Weatherley, and Ross Williams) who moved to Oahu in the late 1980s, where they formed...

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TV-14
HBO

TV-14
HBO

Momentum Generation

Name: Momentum Generation
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-08-21
Rating: 0
Cast: Jeannie Chesser, Tom DeLonge, Shane Dorian, Fletcher Dragge, Sunny Garcia

Season 1 Premiere: Aug 21, 2018

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Los Angeles Times

Dec 10, 2018

You do not need to be interested in surfing to be excited and moved by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist's excellent, eloquent documentary Momentum Generation. A surf film might not be the first thing you’d expect to bring you repeatedly to tears, but I can say with authority it is possible.

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Washington Post

Dec 10, 2018

A revealing documentary. ... While Momentum Generation features plenty of satisfying and even breathtaking shots of surfing (after all, the project is brought to you by HBO Sports), it’s more surprising that filmmakers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist are less concerned with delivering a standard surf movie than exploring the ways in which boys become men.

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Production Company:

All Rise Films
Priority Pictures
DDC International
Sundance Productions

Initial Release Date: Aug 21, 2018

Number of seasons: 0 Seasons

Rating: TV-14

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Awards

New York Festivals

• 6 Wins & 6 Nominations

Sports Emmy Awards

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

Olympus Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Momentum Generation

Top Cast

Jeannie Chesser

Self

Tom DeLonge

Self

Shane Dorian

Self

Fletcher Dragge

Self

Sunny Garcia

Self

Bob Hurley

Self

Peter King

Self

Taylor Knox

Self

Jim Lindberg

Self

Rob Machado

Self

Al Merrick

Self

Patrick O'Connell

Self

Mark Occhilupo

Self

Martin Potter

Self

Kalani Robb

Self

Janet Rollins

Self

Scott Russo

Self

Evan Slater

Self

Kelly Slater

Self

Betty Steele

Self

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