Germany based New Docs, an international sales agency specializing in documentaries, has boarded sales on documentary “Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini,” written and directed by Charly Wai Feldman (HBO’s “The Talwars”).Sara Mardini fled Syria in 2015 with her younger sister Yusra, and when the motor of the boat they escaped on failed on the sea crossing to Greece, the sisters used their skills as competitive swimmers to bring the boat to safety.
Their journey made headlines around the world, and is dramatized in Netflix film “The Swimmers,” which opened Toronto earlier this year.The documentary begins when the fictionalized drama ends.
Sara spent three years volunteering to save refugees on the same journey that made her so famous, and was suddenly arrested in Aug.
2018, accused by Greek authorities of running a criminal enterprise with charges including “international espionage and people smuggling.” If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in
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