Elizabeth Rodgers
Director
The Swimming Lesson
Based on a true story, teenage, Muslim refugee girls in burkinis take a fantastical swimming lesson in Idaho. The initiative for swimming lessons began after a newly arrived refugee, a Congolese boy, drowned in the summer of 2017.
Keywords: tmdb.immigrant, tmdb.refugee, tmdb.swimming-pool, tmdb.women-in-film, tmdb.aquatic, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.swimming + 8 more, imdb.burkini, imdb.idaho, imdb.swimming-lesson, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.swimming-pool, imdb.religious-teen, imdb.muslim, imdb.refugee
Production Companies: Sandy Lane Media, Wide Eye Productions
Country: United States
Production Country:
United States
Languages:
English
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Runtime: 9 min.
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000
Certification: NR