7 Beats Per Minute
Team
- Writer / Director: Yuqi Kang
- Principal Cast: Jessea Lu
- Producer(s): Ina Finchman, Sherien Barsoum
- Executive Producer(s): Anita Lee, Kate Baxter, Neeraj Bhargava
- Cinematographer: Kalina Bertin
- Editor: Dominique Champagne
- Sound Designer: Sacha Ratcliffe
- Composers: Frannie Holder, Mario Sévigny, Lauren Bélec
Descriptor
Director Yuqi Kang’s documentary captures the descent of a lifetime, when freediving champion Jessea Lu returns to the site of her near-death experience to face the traumas of her past and find a way back to connection.
Feature Doc
As an official selection and world premiere at SXSW 2024, 7 Beats Per Minute is a documentary following freediving champion Jessea Lu, who during a world-record attempt, blacked out and was lifeless for four minutes.
Director Yuqi Kang’s documentary captures the descent of a lifetime, when Jessea returns to the site of her near-death experience to face the traumas of her past and find a way back to connection.
Five Fifty Five are proud have co-financed the project alongside Rainshine Entertainment in coproduction with Intuitive Pictures Inc. and National Film Board of Canada.
