Top Picks: Netflix's 'Daughters of Destiny,' Public Service Broadcasting's 'Every Valley,' and more
Unusual school
Watch as five girls from India鈥檚 most impoverished communities grow into young women with bright futures in the new Netflix documentary series . The girls attend the Shanti Bhavan school, a residential institution that is coed (unusual for the area) and requires that its students help their struggling communities and families.聽
Gem from mining
London-based concept band Public Service Broadcasting isn鈥檛 the most obvious group to create a musical tale of the rise and crash of the Welsh coal-mining industry. But the band relocated to Wales, dug deep, and delivered a gem. employs interviews with miners, newsreel narration, and even homeboy Richard Burton to deliver the somber, star-crossed story. 鈥淐ome on, be a miner! There鈥檚 money and security!鈥� cheerfully exhorts a 1970 TV ad, but the livelihood was already vanishing. It鈥檚 not quite as thrilling musically as the band鈥檚 2015 work, 鈥淭he Race for Space,鈥� but the album is an artful and ambitious paean to a lost generation.
New 鈥榖eauty鈥�
It may be a tale as old as time, but the story of is back with a new live-action adaptation starring Emma Watson as Belle, who falls in love with a fearsome Beast (Dan Stevens). The impressive supporting cast includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellan, and Emma Thompson, and Monitor film critic Peter Rainer writes that Watson is 鈥渃harming鈥� as Belle. It鈥檚 available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Hike inspiration
If the beautiful weather inspires you to set out on a jaunt, the app can enhance the experience for you. In addition to recording your journey, the app also lets you store the best hikes you鈥檝e taken, tell others about them, and get ideas for other hikes. Map My Hike is free for iOS and Android.聽
Surf help
If you鈥檙e planning to surf this summer, get information about conditions before you go with the app, which is free for iOS and Android. It lets you know about what鈥檚 happening with the waves and when the weather will turn grim, requiring you to call it a day. The app also provides real-time footage of beaches.
