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'The Swimmers' director hopes film humanizes refugees: Need to engage

Por: Newsweek Life November 22, 2022

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By sharing Yusra and Sara Mardini's dramatic story with a wider audience, director Sally El Hosaini hopes to bring the refugee crisis to the forefront of viewers' minds and show them the need to engage with the issue, she told Newsweek.The Swimmers is based on the real-life experiences of the Mardini sisters, who were forced to leave their home in Syria in 2015 because of the civil war. They traveled to Germany via Lebanon, Turkey and... + full article



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