The Swimming Lesson
Teenage Muslim refugee girls take a swimming lesson in Boise, Idaho.
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.
- Year : 1970
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : Sandy Lane Media, Wide Eye Productions
- Keyword : immigrant, refugee, swimming pool, women in film, aquatic
- Director : Elizabeth Rodgers
- Cast : Neekey Habibi, Samara Alsalim, Noor Ali, Lisa King Hawkes, Constancia Roark