7 Beats Per Minute (2024)

Directed by

Yuqi Kang

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 40m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles Chinese freediver Jessea Lu and her near-fatal accident during a world record attempt in 2018. It also follows the filmmaker as she becomes part of Lu's story.

introspectivecontemplativeintimatetenseclinicalpoignantslow-pacedreflective

What happens

7 Beats per Minute is a 2024 Canadian documentary film, directed by Yuqi Kang. The film is a portrait of Jessea Lu, the Chinese freediver who nearly died during a 2018 attempt to set a world record in her sport. The film examines Lu's experience as an athlete and the emotional effects of the incident, as well as the filmmaker's journey as Kang becomes a participant in Lu's story. The film premiered on 8 March 2024 at SXSW and had its Canadian premiere on 26 April at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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