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