The Swimming Lesson
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9mins
Directed by
Elizabeth Rodgers,
Tom Hadzor,
Jennifer Isenhart,
Starring
Neekey Habibi,
Samara Alsalim,
Noor Ali,
Lisa King Hawkes
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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.
