Short of the Week
Freedom Swimmer
Directed by Olivia Martin McGuire · 2021
An animated documentary recounting a grandfather's perilous swim from mainland China to Hong Kong to escape the Cultural Revolution.
Striking animation brings to life a desperate, true swim toward freedom with echoes in today's Hong Kong.
The story of a grandfather's perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution
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