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25 feb 2021 · Charlene Swankie in a scene from “Nomadland.” (Joshua Richards / Searchlight Pictures) Three years later, Swankie, along with two other real-life nomads — Bob Wells and Linda May — find...
- josh.rottenberg@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
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"Here" as in Arizona. Naturally, she roams, even in the state. "I like it here," the gregarious, straight-shooter said. "It has everything you need. You can go to the mountains and get cool when it's hot and you can come to the desert and get warm when it's cold. Except for the wind. I could have done with a little less wind this year." If you have...
Swankie laughs at the memory. She laughs a lot. But she didn't want to do the movie at first, and that was no laughing matter. She was scheduled for shoulder surgery — crucial because she couldn't lift her kayak on top of her van without it. Zhao worked around the surgery. "That's why I'm in a sling in the movie," Swankie said. "I was still in reco...
Swankie planned for her transition to life on the road for about 10 years, she said. "I chose to do it because I felt like I didn't have a reason to stay where I was," she said. "Where I was" — in Washington, with family — "wasn't healthy, mentally or physically, for me. And I figured if I didn't have a reason to stay, I had a reason to go. I didn'...
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- Bill Goodykoontz
- Media Critic
26 feb 2021 · The book focuses on a woman named Linda May, but after director Zhao met her and her friend Charlene Swankie in preparation for the film, she decided to incorporate a protagonist with combined...
- Vanessa Etienne
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6 apr 2021 · Un viaggiare ininterrottamente nella memoria e nell'anima ma senza una meta precisa. Tra realtà e finzione ce ne parla una delle sue protagoniste "vere" Charlene Swankie. Video di Nicola Roumeliotis
12 mar 2021 · The Nomads Of ‘Nomadland' On Their Newfound Stardom. Linda May and Charlene Swankie had never acted before. Now they’re in an Oscar front-runner opposite Frances McDormand. By Matthew Jacobs. Mar 12, 2021, 05:45 AM EST. | Updated Mar 13, 2021.
26 apr 2021 · Swankie, who plays herself in the film adaptation of " Nomadland ," is a nomad in real life, too, traveling and kayaking across the country — but her roots lie in Indiana. In the film,...
20 feb 2021 · Charlene Swankie, Bob Wells, and Linda May’s lives are on full display in Bruder's book. May, who acts as Bruder’s protagonist, is a gray-haired grandma who is traveling around in her Jeep ...
