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2023 Sarasota Film Festival

Below Surface

2023โ€ข United Statesโ€ข English

About this film

BELOW SURFACE reveals the extraordinary power of community through an unlikely subject: a YMCA Aquafit class. The documentary gathers numerous moving stories of a multicultural and multigenerational Aquafit class to demonstrate how kindness and caring for others, combined with exercise, can be an antidote for grief, stress, and physical illness. The heartwarming honesty of the participants is a reminder of the power we all have to support one another.

Credits

Director
Lukas Hauser
Producer
Judith Bookbinder
Executive Producer
Mary Lake Polan, Frank Bennack
Co-Producer
Wade Lew, Sam McConnell, Lukas Hauser
Cinematographer
Chris O'Konskinthony
Sound Design
Allan Gus
Documentary FeatureShort

Trailer

Below Surface
Below Surface โ€” production still