Backstroke is a 2017 horror short film written and directed by Robbie Barclay. The nearly 11-minute long film stars Josefine Christoffersen, Tom Frank, Shemar Jones, and Lynn Sher. The official ...

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But Mackmin doesn’t do enough to link images. Backstroke wants to map how the tendrils of Beth’s failure as a mother dig their fingers across generations. But Bo’s failure as a mother is not ...

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The chance to see Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig on stage together – and up close at the 250-seat Donmar too – has meant that tickets are scarce for Backstroke, despite Anna Mackmin’s play ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Backstroke is, of course, the ingenious art of propelling yourself forwards by moving backwards.

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