Olivia Martin-McGuire

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Hybrid documentary Freedom Swimmer written and directed by Olivia Martin McGuire

Olivia Martin McGuire is an Australian documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Hong Kong. She directed the documentary film Freedom Swim and a feature film documentary, ChinaLove, for ABC Arts, which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and internationally at DOCNYC, funded by Screen Australia.

Freedom Swimmer

Freedom Swimmer is a 15-minute documentary film about a man’s story of his perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution. The hybrid, poetic documentary interweaves hand-drawn animation and film.

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