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The Other Shore {NY Premiere}

Every Stroke Hurts. Every Breath Heals.

  • Director: Timothy Wheeler
  • Type: Documentaries
  • Year: 2014
  • Country: US, Cuba, Mexico
  • Language: English
  • Length: 100 minutes

Follow world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad, as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt her elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Tropical storms, sharks, venomous jellyfish, and one of the strongest ocean currents in the world, all prove to be life-threatening realities in this epic journey.

Preceded by the Makers short on champion tennis player Martina Navratilova.

Date: Saturday, February 8, 3PM
Location: Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall

Editor: Eric Myerson
Cinematographer: Timothy Wheeler
Executive Producers: Bristoal Baughan, Maurice J. Gallagher and Erin Heidenreich
Producers: Kevin Abrams, Patrick Weir and Timothy Wheeler
Featuring: Diana Nyad

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