The Swimming Lesson
9m
Running Time
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Neekey Habibi
Girl #1
Samara Alsalim
Girl #2
Noor Ali
Girl #3 / Fatima
Lisa King Hawkes
Social Worker
Constancia Roark
Swimming Instructor
Ahiida
Costume Design
Elizabeth Rodgers
Producer / Writer / Director
David DiDonato
Editor
Kevin Eslinger
Director of Photography
Jennifer Isenhart
Executive Producer
Ghiya Rushidat
Music
Max Mohammadi
Associate Producer
Tom Hadzor
Executive Producer
Kevin Eslinger
Cinematographer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
immigrant
refugee
swimming pool
women in film
aquatic