Dockweiler State Beach
State park in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaWikipedia
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Dockweiler State Beach".
Sep 26, 2026
Christy LemireHOST
It's a really good L.A. movie.
Christy LemireHOST
They go out to Dockweiler Beach quite a bit.
Christy LemireHOST
The 12-year-old kid whose POV we have on the world has these dreams of flight.
Christy LemireHOST
And that's what the title refers to.
Christy LemireHOST
And so his dad will take him out.
Christy LemireHOST
They'll go out the 105 out to Dockweiler Beach and Dockweiler is right in front of where the planes take off at LAX.
Christy LemireHOST
They watch the planes go overhead and he dreams of where they might be going.
Christy LemireHOST
It's really good.
Christy LemirePANELIST
It's a really beautiful film.
Christy LemirePANELIST
A lot of it takes place in Dockweiler, too, Dockweiler Beach, and that will make a lot of sense as we go along.
Christy LemirePANELIST
12-year-old Lil Ant, the son of Big Ant, he is played by Bodie Dell, a great soulful newcomer, a lot in his eyes that he conveys emotionally.
Christy LemirePANELIST
He is trying to connect with his dad, played by J. Alphonse Nicholson, who is also the dad on the HBO Max show Lanterns, also kind of a tough love dad there as well.
Christy LemirePANELIST
He likes art.
Christy LemirePANELIST
He's obsessed with Pegasus and just the idea of flight in general, the idea of airplanes.
Christy LemirePANELIST
When his dad takes him out to Dockweiler Beach, there's a sense of refuge and peace there, but also fear.
Christy LemirePANELIST
The possibility of something larger, something else, because they can watch the planes take off.