Local Film Events

Thursday, November 20th at 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $5.00

See the exciting new documentary featuring the NCAA National Champion University of Arizona Swimming Team, and meet the film's co-directors, Patrice and Molly Busch, in person!

"Busch’s feature-length documentary isn’t really about swimming; it is about the people who make up Arizona’s extraordinarily successful swimming program and their perseverance … a remarkable project.” – Greg Hansen, THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR

What are the world’s best swimmers doing when they’re not training to make an Olympic team?
Many of them are going to college and representing an American university, where the groundwork is laid for the fastest swimming in the world.
At the University of Arizona, a team of world-class swimmers has captured every prize possible: world records, individual national championships and Olympic medals. Yet one accomplishment eludes them: the team title at the Division I NCAA National Championships.
BETWEEN THE WATER AND THE WOOD chronicles a season in the life of these elite level athletes who vow to bring their coaches a team ring. A compelling close-up of the final frontier of amateur sports, the film tells the story of five college students and their teammates who train as hard as they compete.
In this touching documentary, the athletes---along with their families and coaches---shape a film with heart and soul as well as strength and speed. Their success will depend on many pieces of the rigorous process: recruiting, dry land training, intense water drills and making the time standards to qualify for the final competition.
As the season unfolds, the viewer takes on the athletes’ passion for a winning finale, culminating in an emotional outcome of heartbreak and triumph that surpasses everyone’s expectations, including the filmmakers.

Patrice and Molly Busch, who co-directed the film, are a mother and daughter filmmaking duo. Frank Busch, Patrice’s husband and Molly’s father, has been the head coach of the UA swimming team for the past 20 years.