The Brighter Side: The #1 movie on Amazon Prime is about a Stockton farmer who became a NASA astronaut.

The Brighter Side: The #1 movie on Amazon Prime is about a Stockton farmer who became a NASA astronaut.

Episode Transcript

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That's Madonna on the Bay's number onefor relaxing favorites for your morning ninety eight
point one The Breeze, The MorningBreeze with Carolyn and Court at seven o
six and it is time for theBrighter Side. We've got a good one
for you today. Eight seven sevennine eight one h nine eight one is
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a new number one movie on AmazonPrime, and I think it's something that
you probably want to check out.It's called A Million Miles Away and it's
the story of Jose Hernandez who grewup as a migrant farm worker in Stockton,
but he wanted to do something moreand over the years eventually became a
NASA astronaut. In fact, hewas denied eleven times by NASA before they

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really brought him into the program,and he pursued, He pursued and went
up into space. Was actually partof a mission to the Space Station back
in two thousand and nine. SuperHumble Guy. And in fact, here
he is talking about what it's likehaving a movie made about his life.
I don't think it's a dream cometrue because I'll tell you, as a
kid, I never woke up andsaid, hey, I hope to make
a movie about me. So it'snot a dream come true. I think

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it's as a result of my dreamcoming to life. They're going to see
that there is an alternative to livingand working in agriculture all their lives.
So, as you said, Court, this movie on Amazon Prime number one.
It's called A Million Miles Away.It got a ninety six percent audience

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score on Rotten Tomatoes, which isa huge deal. And it has one
of my favorite actors playing Jose.Who's that Michael Penya. Oh? I
absolutely love Michael Penya. That isvery cool. We'll check it out.
A Million Miles Away. We're goingto share more on Jose's story on our
Facebook page at ninety eight one TheBreeze. If you have a brighter side
for us eight seven seven nine eightone h nine eight one, And we

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