The Swimming Lesson
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The Swimming Lesson - Trailer

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. ​​


​Screenings


Media

Official Selection - 2019 Filmfort

​Official Selection - 2020 McMinnville Short Film Festival

Official Selection - 2020 Sunset Grove Film Festival

Official Selection - 20210 Lebanese Film Festival, Australia
NPR - Idaho Matters, March 2019

MySalaam.com, March 2019

Idaho Press Tribune, March 2019
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