FREEDOM SWIMMER
This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: I'M A WITNESS
Winner of the $1,000 CAD Documentary Short Film Award
WINNER OF 2022 TELUS AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD: DOCUMENTARY SHORT
To understand the present, we need to shed light on the past. FREEDOM SWIMMER documents one of the most extraordinary mass escapes of the 20th century and offers context for a city in uprise today. The story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution. It is a tale that rhythmically parallels his granddaughter’s participation in mass protests now and the building pressure for her to escape Hong Kong as new National Security Laws set in.
Out of respect for those who chose to remain anonymous we did not include the credits on the film.
Countries
United Kingdom- Director
- Olivia Martin-McGuire
- Producer
- Brooke Silcox, Ron Dyens
- Screenwriter
- Olivia Martin-McGuire
- Music
- Pierre Oberkampf