The Swimmers
History, work, sex, cinema, death and my older brother. An essay on what swimming pools mean in culture and the collective memories we have about them. Inspired by Ed Ruscha's swimming pool photographs.
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History, work, sex, cinema, death and my older brother. An essay on what swimming pools mean in culture and the collective memories we have about them. Inspired by Ed Ruscha's swimming pool photographs.
The way in which we cross, one time only, the space of a public swimming pool reminds us of life, from birth until the end.
A young gay man befriends another young man sunbathing at the beach and conversation begins.
Unrelenting relationships of 3 teenagers that cycle through a gentle roar of the waves in a swimming pool. For them, this swimming pool is an escape; a new world where they can let go, and seize slight of happiness and f
Floating between conceptual documentary and experimental fiction, this film chronicles the 25,000 metres that Thomson swam during the period of her mother’s death. An adaptation of her book, it uses dance, music and memo
Lions in Botswana's Okavango Delta are examined as they take to the water in a display of unusual behavior. Biologists are observed as they tag the big cats and track their movements using GPS technology
14-year-old Wesley traces the path of his grandfather, an Auschwitz survivor. Through grappling with the burden of genocide and becoming politically active, he searches for his own way in the struggle against racism and
Sometimes who’s drowning isn’t exactly clear.
A beautiful lifeguard is smitten with sexy Teresa Rinteria who is learning how to swim and surf from a flirtatious water safety instructor. Everybody seems to want a piece-a-Teresa.
This documentary tells the amazing story of one of America's most famous vintage roadside attractions, Aquarena Springs, located in San Marcos, Texas. With the worlds only submarine theater, aquamaids, Glurpo the underwa
A self-destructive and anxious 30-year-old man and his 26-year-old friend with a camera. It's a personal film about their relationship in the last years of a life - battling the HIV virus. The flamboyant man flirts with
Three women strip off and swim around in nature's swimming pool.
If you happen to be transgender and you want to go swimming, which changing room do you go into? In this short documentary we meet a group of trans activists who have taken matters into their own hands and set up a safe
A man overcomes his grief by swimming to shore from Alcatraz.
A ghost story with nightmarish echoes concerning the traumatic memories of the Nigerian Civil War.
A heartwarming drama about an unremarkable man and a giant woman. Kazumi, who runs a struggling tutoring school, sneaks into the franchise company as a thief. However, she is stopped by a large female security guard, Bu-
Beneath the fury of Ferguson unrest, an affable professor dedicates his life to actionable, peaceful change while attempting the grueling triple crown of ultra-marathon swimming.
Trick photography techniques like slow motion, repetition and reverse photography combine with some amazing stunts to make this more than just a demonstration film. Part of a series of sports films made in 1926, Sport &
A new boy moves into Pekkle's town, and is trying his hardest to impress Lucy; however, Lucy isn't interested in him. Lucy makes Pekkle out to be a better swimmer than he really is, and the new boy challenges him to a sw