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The Equity and Campus Diversity Office, the Communication Department, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center are pleased to announce the screening of Swim Team, the first film in the Beyond Boundaries: Dare to Be Diverse screening and discussion series for fall 2018, on Thursday, September 27, at 7:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium.

In New Jersey, the parents of a boy on the autism spectrum take matters into their own hands, forming a competitive swim team by recruiting diverse teens on the spectrum and training them with high expectations and zero pity. Swim Team chronicles the extraordinary rise of the Jersey Hammerheads, capturing a moving quest for inclusion, independence, and a life that feels winning. Watch the trailer.

All films in the Beyond Boundaries series are free and open to the public.