POV: Swim Team Competitive Young Swimmers on the Autism Spectrum
What would you do if your community gave up on your child? The parents of a boy on the autism spectrum take matters into their own hands, forming a competitive swim team, recruiting teens on the spectrum and training them with high expectations and zero pity. Watch the extraordinary rise of the Jersey Hammerheads, capturing a moving quest for inclusion, independence, and a life that feels winning.
Winner of Best Sports Documentary at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Winner of a Human Spirit Award at the Nashville Film Festival.
"Eye-Opening and Heart-Opening." - rogerebert.com
Running Time
101 mins
Year
2017
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This is a very well done moving film. I loved it!!!!!!!