The buoyancy of the water lifts a young trans teen’s spirits during a secret midnight swim.
Cinematography
Underwater shots that feel like floating in another world.
Direction
Mari Walker crafts silence into pure emotional language.
Director
Mari Walker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mari Walker made this as her UCLA thesis film before her feature debut See You Then. She cast her own sister in the lead.
Released in 2017, this predates mainstream Hollywood's 'trans trauma' wave — instead it pioneered trans JOY as cinematic language.
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