“MAIDENTRIP,” documentary, directed by Jillian Schlesinger, 2013.
This film, which won the Audience Award at the 2013 Camden International Film Festival, focuses on 14-year-old Laura Dekker and her extraordinarily brave attempt to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
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Schlesigner created “Maidentrip” by editing footage that the fiercely independent Dekker shot – both of her surroundings and of herself, narrating to the camera – on her two-year voyage.
The film also tackles Dekker’s yearlong fight with Dutch authorities to get the opportunity for the trip.
Not rated (some profanity). 1:22. In Dutch and English with English subtitles.
Showing at: Portland Museum of Art, 2 p.m. Thursday; 2 and 6:30 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday
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