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Entertainment
Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story
Celebrates the Life of a Snowbound Legend
By Ryan Rojas, Executive Editor
www.cinemacy.com
If, like me, you have never skied in your
life, the name Warren Miller is likely a name
that you haven’t heard before. If however,
you are an avid skier, or winter sports fan
of any kind, then the name Warren Miller
is a legendary one, synonymous with the
very sport of skiing itself. As I found after
watching the new documentary Ski Bum: The
Warren Miller Story, even though I fall into
the former category of having not known of
Miller, afterwards, I was left moved by the
story of a man who – like Steve Jobs, or
Henry Ford, or his idol, Walt Disney before
him – became a titan of their industry and
popularized an entire sport itself.
Directed by Patrick Creadon (Wordplay,
Catholics vs. Convicts), Ski Bum tells the
story of Warren Miller and his 55-year career
as a skier and filmmaker, which Miller
himself recounts for the film (as Miller
would pass away a few short months after
sitting for the interview, his presence gives
the documentary even more significance).
As he remembers at his Orcas Island, WA
lodge, growing up a surfer in Hermosa
Beach, he would eventually hear the calls
of the nearby Californian snowy mountains
and shortly thereafter dedicate his life to
hitting those slopes – soon proudly calling
himself a “ski bum” by dedicating his weekend
to sleeping in his car and hunting rabbits
to stay up there. Miller would also take his
8mm camera and shoot his skiing, eventually
making movies that would snowball (pun
intended) into Warren Miller Productions,
with Miller shooting, editing, narrating, and
marketing these new ski movies himself. His
eventual road shows would turn into annual
events, gaining legions of fans around the
world that would popularize the sport of
skiing and in the process, immortalize his
name with it.
With interviews from Olympic skier Jonny
Moseley and skier/filmmaker Greg Stump,
among others, Ski Bum isn’t short of subjects
willing to sit for the film to celebrate their
idol. Yet the most striking part of Ski Bum
is the film’s use of archival footage, which
features never before seen pictures and videos
from the Warren Miller Entertainment library.
As associate producer and assistant editor H.
Nelson Tracey notes, “we accessed film reels
that had never before been digitized! There
are some unbelievable shots unearthed specifically
for this film. In many ways, making
this documentary was a bit of a scavenger
hunt.” This beautifully rendered early-50s
and 60s footage transports audiences not
only to just beautiful mountain slopes, but
to another time altogether.
And while Ski Bum is a gorgeous celebration
of the man, the film also digs deeper,
past the surface-level snow, to reveal darker
Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story courtesy Gravitas Ventures.
See Film Review, page 10
in late February.
El Segundo’s school year will begin with
all students spending Mondays doing distance
learning. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, half the
class will attend a full day at their schools.
On Wednesdays and Fridays, the rest of the
students will be on campus for instruction, lunch
and special events. This modified schedule is
known as the A-B option.
Moore said while the A-B model is El
Segundo’s best option for reopening the
schools, it’s possible the county health officer
could take that away from the district. Should
the virus situation worsen, teachers and pupils
may need to start the school year doing only
distance learning. “Plans could change,” Moore
cautioned.
Ignoring the county public-health order is
not an option for El Segundo’s public schools.
The superintendent and board members said
several times at Tuesday’s meeting. One of the
chief complaints from parents is their children
stopped learning once schools closed in March,
while other parents who need to return to work
soon pleaded with the district to reconsider.
Some pointed to new recommendations from
the American Academy of Pediatricians that
children should be present physically at schools
as evidence that local officials are overly cautious
as the new school year dawns.
Unfortunately, the board doesn’t have the
authority to open up the schools and welcome
back every student like before, board member
Emilee Layne said. “All of us want our students
back at school,” Layne said, however, “this
is a really hard time for everyone. We’ll get
through this.”
The L.A. County Office of Education made
recommendations on reopening schools, and
Moore and her staff reviewed the options and
chose the hybrid A-B model. The county’s
recommendations were orders for all schools
and districts to reduce class sizes and faceto
face time between students, teachers, and
campus staff.“School board members do not
have the power they think we do,” Layne said.
The hybrid A-B plan is the most practical -
and legal - option available for reintroducing
children to local classrooms, district leaders
stressed Tuesday.
Face masks, health screenings and social
distancing will be the new normal for students
when they return on August 26. ESUSD’s
Director of Operations, Ali Rabiei, detailed
steps being taken to protect schoolchildren,
teachers and staff from contracting the virus.
Custodians will use a disinfectant that kills the
virus in 45 seconds, he said, and use specialized
spray equipment that kills pathogens on “hightouch”
surfaces at schools.
What will El Segundo’s school days look
like? Staff and custodians will find out when
The Learning Connection hosts a three-week
day camp at Richmond and Center Street
Schools. Called a “soft opening” for the local
schools, the camps will open 40 slots at each
school for children already enrolled in the
program. The campus will use TLC buildings
at the schools and stagger activities between
indoors and outdoors.
Parents will have new drop-off and pickup
rules, and children will be taught proper
handwashing and not to share supplies. Cloth
masks will be required, and no visitors will be
permitted, said Guadalupe Grijalva, executive
director of preschool and childcare services for
the district. Class sizes will be limited to 10
children per group. Children will be screened
daily and have temperature checks. Tents will
be erected outdoors at both sites to keep the
groups separated, Grijalva said. The district
will notify families starting this week and
accept applications for the 40 slots. And, if all
goes well, TLC could be offered at the middle
school in the fall. “Our parents have asked for
this service,” Moore explained.
In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the school
board agreed to bring back the TLC program
for 2020-21. In June, the district laid off
all of the daycare-program staff, putting the
future of TLC in doubt. Some of the staff
will be re-hired, and emphasis will be placed
on adding staff with distance-learning skills.
That’s because when TLC restart, distance
learning days will be part of the children’s
weekly schedule, according to Moore.
The new chairman of the Ed! Foundation,
Frank Glynn, announced the group met a $1.8
million fund-raising goal for last school year.
Remarkably, the foundation made good on its
pledge despite having to cancel all planned
spring events. Glynn said the foundation plans
to raise another $1.8 million for local public
schools over the next 12 months.•