Swimming With Skyscrapers
2001, English. Directed by Mark Forstmann.
James Pittar is blind. He is also a long distance swimmer. In his amazing career he has swum across the English channel and taken on sharks and oil tankers. He is about to embark on a 48 kilometre swim around Manhatten Island. James will be the first blind person ever to complete the 8.5 hour marathon. An uplifting and hopeful story of one man's dreams fulfilled.
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- 0h 26m
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- 1 January 2001
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Who directed Swimming With Skyscrapers?
Swimming With Skyscrapers (2001) was directed by Mark Forstmann and stars James Pittar.