7 Beats Per Minute with Yuqi Kang, Director and Writer

Do your know your physical and emotional limits? 

For holding her breath and submerging herself into the depths of the ocean from the Bahamas to Antarctica, Jessea Lu holds several national records in freediving. In 2018, she attempted to set a world record but fell short: after achieving her target depth of 93 metres. Lu suffered a blackout while returning to the surface. Rescued by her safety crew, she was lifeless for four minutes. The near-death experience was like a rebirth for Lu, who didn’t abandon the sport but rather challenged herself to face her fears and continue to chase new depths. All of this is featured in the documentary 7 Beats Per Minute, shown at  Hotdocs, now on the Festival Film Tour around North America, before  streaming on Crave & Other Platforms

I met up with Director and Writer Yuqi Kang in Toronto at Hotdocs to discuss the driving forces behind Lu’s decisions, the deep and intimate bond with Lu, following her intense training and joining her in the ocean as the two discover their similarities, and the vulnerability of coming to terms with past traumas and looking for fresh starts, and realize that trusting ourselves and others is a necessary part of the complicated human condition.

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7 Beats Per Minute

https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2024/7-beats-per-minute

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