A CBC documentary following a Winfield skating club91裸聊视频檚 journey is set to air this week.

Documentary director Wendy Ord is from Lake Country and is part of the Team Okanagan skating club. She, along with skater Karen Smith, formed the club about seven years ago.

The team consists of members from West Kelowna, Kelowna and Lake Country who range from 46 to 76. They practice at The Nexus in Lake Country and trained hard to compete in the International Adult Figure Skating Competition last May in Oberstdorf, Germany. The documentary To The Worlds is about how figure skating empowered the older group of women and it airs Friday, Dec. 18 on CBC Docs POV at 9 p.m.

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Being a part of the film industry since she was 19, Ord, now 59, said the film came together after encouragement from her partner. Usually, she keeps her skating and work worlds separate.

91裸聊视频淲hen they decided to go to the worlds, it was just too great, I had to do it,91裸聊视频� Ord said.

Her fear was the ending of the film.

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Each of the competitors shares a passion for skating, and the documentary details how they use the sport as a way to heal from a divorce, regain a childhood, and more.

It wasn91裸聊视频檛 the original intention of Ord to feature the skaters specifically, but that91裸聊视频檚 how it happened once the cameras were rolling.

91裸聊视频淭he audience knew them and loved them and wanted to see each of them. When we interviewed them in Germany, they each gave us sort of a beautiful bit of advice, when we layered over the skates,91裸聊视频� she said.

And a few skaters earned medals.

91裸聊视频淚 was on the sidelines crying behind the camera,91裸聊视频� Ord said.

91裸聊视频淔rom the very beginning I aways said it was about a movie about the challenges with people our age face, that skating was perhaps something to help them get through it91裸聊视频� as I interviewed them I realized actually how amazing they are.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t was super cool to have it unfold it through my eyes.91裸聊视频�

But she91裸聊视频檚 still nervous to have the camera turned on her, while tells how she took up skating after a rocky divorce.

91裸聊视频淚 hope people love it and they find the heart that91裸聊视频檚 there,91裸聊视频� she said.

carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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