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The Swimming Lesson

9 minDrama

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.

Director

Elizabeth Rodgers

Writer

Elizabeth Rodgers

Score

Stars

Neekey Habibi Samara Alsalim Noor Ali

Cast5

N
Neekey Habibi
as Girl #1
S
Samara Alsalim
as Girl #2
N
Noor Ali
as Girl #3 / Fatima
L
Lisa King Hawkes
as Social Worker
C
Constancia Roark
as Swimming Instructor

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