The BGSC Archive
A living archive documenting black aquatic culture, past and present, throughout the world. Discover photographs, films, books and found imagery capturing swimming, leisure, travel, surfing, diving and style.
How I Learned to Swim, the play
How I Learned to Swim is a magical realist play about a black woman, Jamie, who finally begins learning to swim at 30, in the midst of her grief, guilt and trauma. By playwright Somebody Jones.
Tidal Wave by Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes, music video
The music video for Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes’ song Tidal Wave is an animated depiction of a relationship, with surfing as a metaphor.
Swim Sistas, the film
Swim Sistas is a documentary exploring 4 black women’s different relationships to water, directed by Catherine Joy White.