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Swim for the river / written, directed, edited & produced by Tom Weidlinger ; a Moira Productions film in association with Dateline Productions ; Lillian Lincoln Foundation.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swain, Christopher, 1968-.
- Swain, Christopher.
- Human rights workers.
- Stream conservation.
- Water--Pollution.
- Water quality.
- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Environmental conditions.
- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.).
- Water quality--New York (State).
- New York (State).
- Water quality--New Jersey.
- Water--Pollution--New York (State).
- Water.
- Water--Pollution--New Jersey.
- Stream conservation--New York (State).
- Stream conservation--New Jersey.
- Swimmers--United States--Biography.
- Swimmers.
- United States.
- New Jersey.
- Human rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2016]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Christopher Swain braved whitewater, sewage, snapping turtles, hydroelectric dams, homeland security patrols, factory outfalls, and PCB contamination to become the first person to swim the entire length of the Hudson River from the Adirondack Mountains to New York City. Swain's experience links together stories of the river, which begins in wilderness and ends in one of the nation's densest population centers. We meet heroes who are fighting to protect the Hudson against a range of threats from industry, inept regulatory agencies, and public indifference. We also see how ordinary citizens can and do make a difference through choices they make effecting the environment, and by joining together around a common cause.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Christopher Swain & Tom Weidlinger.
- Credits:
- Original music, Ed Bogas ; executive producers, Michael Sherman, Rose Shirinian.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Lillian Lincoln Foundation, ©2006.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 15, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-swim Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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