Rachel Adams, Columbia University, and Kathryn Cai,University of California, Los Angeles
Sponsored by The Society of Fellows in the Humanities, the Center for Science and Society, the Medical and Health Humanities Journal, and the Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University (New York, NY)
The Heyman Center is hosting a film screening of Swim Team, an award winning feature documentary about a New Jersey YMCA based, community swim team made up of kids on the autism spectrum. The film follows three of team’s star athletes, boys on the cusp of adulthood, when government services become scarce.
Swim Team is a portrait of diverse American families grappling with the problem of "aging out." Over the course of a year, Swim Team explores the overwhelming struggles they face and triumphs they achieve as they strive for independence, inclusion, and a life that feels winning.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Lara Stolman, Swim Team offers an inspiring look at the power of community to transcend disability and create hope and opportunities for the future.
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This event is part of the series, Explorations in the Medical Humanities.