Swim Sistas is a poetic and visually immersive documentary that celebrates water, sisterhood, and the enduring strength of Black women across generations. Guided by the ethereal voice of Mami Wata—voiced by Academy Award nominee Naomie Harris—the film flows through intertwined stories of resilience: a young girl discovering joy in the water, Britain’s first and only Black female Olympic swimmer breaking historic barriers, and a woman learning to swim at 54 as she confronts inherited fear and transforms it into liberation. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Catherine Joy White, the documentary is both deeply personal and expansively cultural. Born from White’s own journey of healing through cold-water swimming after grief, the film becomes a meditative exploration of recovery, identity, and belonging. A filmmaker, author, activist, and UN gender advisor, White brings a multidisciplinary and emotionally grounded approach to storytelling. With its lyrical form, ancestral voice, and intimate portrayal of community, Swim Sistas becomes a powerful love letter to Black womanhood, water, and the courage to keep moving forward—even when the current is strong