we just saw the movie by accident . we go to the theater to see bi2 and saw that swimmer be play . we have the thrill of meet doug sadler ( writer and director ) and robert knott . since we live across the chesapeake bay from the eastern shore and where the movie be set and we be familiar with the area and the lifestyle and the economics and such . swimmer capture the intensity of the chesapeake bay waterman in the decline estuary and and the rhythm and flow of the water and the people that make their living on it . i be immediately suck into the intensity of the movie and and the innerness of the people . the acting be so good and the filming and timing and sight and sound be so well do and that i forget i be watch a movie and felt that i be sit next to over look over the shoulder of the person ( actor ) in the scene . the subject be intense and and the plot be the personality of the family member and their thought and their interaction . it a movie that will peel back the onion of your memory and deep personal feeling . it definitely not a feel good movie . it much more a feel what be very real about you and people you be close to movie .