Swim Captain | A Swimmer Struggles With an Intense Moment of Vulnerability as Her Team Mates Wait

A high school swimmer struggles with her tampon before practice.
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Swim Captain by Christa Haley
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"I was eager to tell a story about a young woman who’s both a leader and uncomfortable in her own skin. It was inspired by my experiences as a swimmer and co-captain in high school. I wanted to tell a story about a woman’s body, without showing her body. The project was my spring narrative film during my first year in the NYU Graduate film program. We had restrictions to work with: to create a 7-minute film with up to three characters, in up to three scenes, in up to three locations. And the restrictions were really helpful. I was excited by the additional challenge of creating beautiful cinematography in a story that mostly takes place in a toilet stall."
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// Credits //
Writer, Director, Editor - Christa Haley
Producer - Jessica Li
starring
Kelly Dépeault
Francesca Keller
Dani Nelson
Cinematography - Claire Barnett
Colorist - Patrick Devine
Asst. Director - Oliver McGoldrick
Asst. Camera - Gaby Clingman
Gaffer - Hunter Redhorse Arthur
Sound Mixer - Naa Adei Mante
HMU - Sydnie Kalinofski
Sound Design - Kelly Rodriguez
Sound Mix - Daniel Timmons
Filmed at SUNY Plattsburgh
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this was really great. it's hard not to feel for her. there's so many things i could talk about here - how cold and perfunctory some medical practitioners can be in moments of extreme vulnerability, how tampons don't work for every body, how she probably would have benefited from more comfort in this moment. The occasional, but still all-too-frequent hostility of women's only spaces when you don't fit in in some way, and how easy it is to be othered. How hard it is to be vulnerable. Anyway, this was a great piece, I hope to see more from all the folks involved in this short.