Against the Current
“One Woman's World-Record Swim Around Easter Island to Help Change the World”
2021•NR•58m•Released
Documentary
Against the Current is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the journey of South African endurance swimmer Sarah Ferguson, as she attempts to become the first person ever to swim around Easter Island (Rapa Nui) non-stop. It tells the story of a global team united, not only in trying to make Sarah’s 40-mile challenge a success, but also in using it to raise awareness about the issue of plastic pollution. Without being able to touch a boat or another person, her daunting swim was estimated to take up to 32 hours to complete, through strong currents, large waves, powerful winds and other hurdles along the way. Against the Current is now screening at film festivals.
Director
Tod Hardin
Writer
Matthew Modine, Tod Hardin
Studio
Plastic Oceans International
Cast
Matthew Modine
Narrator
Sarah Ferguson
Self
Sarah Houston
Self
John McCarthy
Self
Production
Company
Plastic Oceans International
Producer
William Pfeiffer
Recommended
6.4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
7.5
A Plastic Ocean
2016
7
Ronaldo
2015
6.9
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
7.4
Above Majestic
2018
7.5
Stephen Curry: Underrated
2023
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
7.6
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
2014
6.7
I Am Ali
2014
6.6
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
7.4
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.3
More than a Game
2008
7.5
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
7.5
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
2021
6.5
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
2019
7.1
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
7.4
For the Love of Spock
2016
6.5
Love, Marilyn
2013
Similar Movies
Un Besoin Pressant
2015
9
Veljko of the Sea
2024
An Imminent Threat
0
8
Laure ! Laure ! Laure !
2025
Venetian Shores
1914
7.5
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
2021
Amazônia, a Nova Minamata?
2022
Voda volá
1949
The Grand Swim
0
6.4
The Current: Explore the Healing Powers of the Ocean
2014
Swim Sistas
2025
Doidos de Pedra - O Paraíso Esquecido
2019
9
The Original Mermaid
2002
5
First Daughter and the Black Snake
2017
5
0,03 seconds
2017
We Made Every Living Thing from Water
2018
Uma: A Water Crisis in Bolivia
2020
10
Faut qu'on parle
2021
Voda na venkově
1951
7.6
The Devil We Know
2018