In their sixties seven unlikely sages have decided to learn how to swim. Taking themselves out of their comfort zone, they reveal what it is that drives them to keep striving for more, for survival, understanding, belonging and for purpose. Bobbing up and down in the water, they offer their observations on how they’ve changed over the years both physically and mentally. The wisdom of these straight talking ladies juxtaposed with visually arresting underwater imagery elevates the world of a swimming pool and the banality of learning to swim to the beauty of a quotidian plenty. Learning to swim is often perceived as a small victory but for these women it is much more than that, it is freedom.