In the United States, swimming pools have long been contested sites of privilege, class, and race - serving as both paradisiacal symbols of wealth and American excess and as reprieves from the ever-increasing heat for the urban poor. This simple, observational portrait of one of the few remaining public swimming pools in the heart of Los Angeles becomes a visual celebration of public spaces as well as a meditation on family and the luxury of leisure.
International Shorts Competition
Public Pool
Elizabeth Lo
United States
2025
13 min
Documentary

Language:
English
English
Subtitles:
English
English
English title:
Public Pool
Public Pool
Keywords:
- Humane
- Society
- Urban
Screenings
Tue 30 September
16:00
International Shorts Competition
International Shorts Competition
International Shorts 2
90 min / salong 2
Tue 30 September
16:00
90 min / salong 2
Wed 1 October
17:30
International Shorts Competition
International Shorts Competition
International Shorts 2
90 min / salong 6
Wed 1 October
17:30
90 min / salong 6
Sun 5 October
13:00
International Shorts Competition
International Shorts Competition
International Shorts 2
90 min / salong 2
Sun 5 October
13:00
90 min / salong 2