From the acclaimed biopic 'Nyad' to post-plane crash survival in 'Society of the Snow,' these films prove that sometimes the best stories are rooted in reality Keith Langston is a contributing writer ...

A film about a female swimmer was Oscar-nominated this past year. It was called Nyad (2023). In it, Annette Bening played a 60-year-old woman who decided to swim from Cuba to Florida in 2013 crossing ...

When Diana Nyad stumbled onto Smathers Beach in Key West, Florida, on Sept. 2, 2013, after swimming 110 miles from Havana in 53 hours, it marked the hard-fought realization of her lifelong dream, but ...

Long-distance swimmer, fitness advocate, author and motivational speaker Diana Nyad will be featured in a Sonoma Speaker Series on March 24. A native of New York City, Nyad attracted national ...