{"id":253921,"date":"2017-05-02T16:34:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T23:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=253921"},"modified":"2017-05-02T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T00:07:50","slug":"swim-team-captures-human-spirit-award-at-2017-nashville-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swim-team-captures-human-spirit-award-at-2017-nashville-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Swim Team’ Captures Human Spirit Award at 2017 Nashville Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year the Nashville Film Festival awards the NPT Human Spirit Award to a documentary that best explores and capture the human spirit. This year’s award went to Swim Team<\/em>, a documentary featuring three athletes on the Jersey Hammerheads, a competitive team for teens on the autism spectrum. The teens featured in the movie are “trained with high expectations and zero pity,” as\u00a0Swim Team<\/em> captures their quest for inclusion and a sense of winning.<\/p>\n

The award was presented to director\u00a0Lara Stolman<\/strong> and producer\u00a0Shanna Belott<\/strong> at the 48th NaFF at the Regal Hollywood Stadium 27.<\/p>\n

The recipient is chosen by the NPT Human Spirit jury, which consisted of Kevin Crane<\/strong>, vice president of programming and technology; Justin Harvey,<\/strong> director of content, Sheila<\/strong> Fischer<\/strong>, director of development; Linda Wei<\/strong>, director of digital strategies; and Jessica Turk<\/strong>, assistant program manager.<\/p>\n

“Swim Team” will air on POV,<\/a> PBS’s series of independent documentaries, on October 2, 2017.<\/p>\n

View the trailer for Swim Team<\/em>:<\/p>\n