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FESTIVUS FILM FEST: Doc Double Feature Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story with LaWinda
Bug Theatre
Denver, CO
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FESTIVUS FILM FEST: Doc Double Feature Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story with LaWinda
Wings of Silver: the Vi Cowden Story: When the country needed every man, she answered the call.
They were never formally recognized, received no military benefits â many Americans donât even know that they exist â yet today, womenâs place in this country might be very different if Vi Cowden, and the 1,073 other women like her, hadnât been willing to do the job they did. And they did it because their country needed them.
A story of triumph and inspiration over adversity, Vi and her fellow Women Airforce Service Pilots (W.A.S.P.) were not only crucial to the war effort during World War II, they also changed the course of Womenâs history.
Vi was among the first women in the United States to fly military planes. She ferried fighter planes (including her favorite, the P-51 Mustang) from the factories to the air bases where they were desperately needed. She flew enough trips with the WASP to have circumnavigated the world 55 times.
In this documentary she tells her story from humble beginnings in a sod house in the Black Hills of South Dakota where she learned to fly in a biplane, to flying fighter planes for the Air Corps in 1943 & â44. Flying 19 different types of aircraft, she has been an inspiration to many, including one male fighter pilot afraid to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt, until he saw her take-off in one. In 2009, Vi and the other surviving WASP received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor that Congress can bestow.
Lawinda: Imagine your own oasis. What would it look like? For brothers âDiamondâ Jim and Johnny âSpadeâ Bowers, itâs LaWinda - the golf course they built in the Carolina Appalachians. Director Ivan Nemergut reveals the astonishing story of vibrant personalities, sibling rivalries, unforgettable music, that unified a community. Welcome to LaWinda.

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Bug Theatre
3654 Navajo St.
Denver, CO 80211
United States

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Film

Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: No
Wheelchair Accessible: No

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Owner: Johnathan McFarlane
On BPT Since: Dec 10, 2008
 
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