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Naomie Harris Spotlights Black Women's Swimming Journey

8/5/2025

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Naomie Harris lends her voice to "Swim Sistas," a powerful documentary directed by Catherine Joy White that honors the bond Black women share with swimming. Featuring Olympic swimmer Alice Dearing and three other inspiring Black British women, the film tackles the alarming low swimming rates among Black adults in the U.K. and is poised for a mini-anthology series by 2026.

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Naomie Harris lends her voice to "Swim Sistas," a powerful documentary directed by Catherine Joy White that honors the bond Black women share with swimming. Featuring Olympic swimmer Alice Dearing and three other inspiring Black British women, the film tackles the alarming low swimming rates among Black adults in the U.K. and is poised for a mini-anthology series by 2026.