“A Swim Lesson,” a documentary short film directed by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, has been picked up for distribution starting this fall. The film will get its broadcast premier on POV ...
A mockumentary film in which Bedouin girls are taught to swim in a waterless “pool”, Swimming Lesson aims to stimulate thought about the lack of swimming pools accessible to Bedouins in Israel ...
In the film, which opens on a typical beach scene complete with giggling children, parasols and families frolicking in the water, a father is seen encouraging his son to swim ‘like a fish’ in the ...