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Jan 26, 2021 · Sam documented Penguin’s relationship with the family through photographs and videos, many of which you can see in the Instagram account for Penguin, which now has over 176,000 followers. The images were the foundation of the book ‘Penguin Bloom,’ which Cameron wrote in collaboration with Bradley Trevor Greive.
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May 13, 2022 · Sam Bloom — pictured with her magpie Penguin —has become an inspiration after surviving her accident. (Cameron Bloom Photography)
Jan 26, 2021 · Two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts is no stranger to depicting real women on screen. Her latest role is in Penguin Bloom, which tells the story of Aussie native Sam Bloom's paralysis and how she channeled her outdoorsy nature into helping a magpie recover from injury.
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After the accident, Bloom endured seven months of rehabilitation and then returned to her house in Australia. In a 2017 piece for TIME, Bloom described the harrowing experience of being in such a familiar place that suddenly felt wrenchingly unfamiliar. “When viewed from a wheelchair, the once-familiar sanctuary of love and comfort became an alien ...
Three months after Bloom returned home her 11-year-old son, Noah, found the injured baby magpie, which the family named Penguin. The tiny bird had fallen out of its nest and dropped over 60 feet onto an asphalt parking lot, where she would have died had the Bloom family not taken her home. Sam Bloom wrote that caring for Penguin was an undertaking—...
When Naomi Watts read Penguin Bloom, she was so moved by the family’s story that she wanted to adapt it for the screen. She told People: “The images were so compelling, and the story was filled with courage and hope.” The Bloom family was intimately involved in the adaptation—Sam Bloom allowed Watts to read her journals, and the movie was shot in t...
Jan 23, 2021 · Sam Bloom, right, with her husband and a local magpie at home in Sydney. Source: SBS News, Jennifer Scherer. Eight years ago, Sam Bloom was enjoying a family holiday in Thailand with her husband Cameron and three sons, Rueben, Noah and Oliver.
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Jan 21, 2021 · Naomi Watts on Balancing Being 'Supermom' and Giving in to Her Kids' 'Devices': 'Just the Reality' As Bloom and Penguin began to regain their strength together, Bloom got back in the water...
