7 Beats Per Minute

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7 Beats Per Minute

2024

1h 20m

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7 Beats Per Minute takes us into the life and underwater world of Jessea Lu, the first Chinese female freediving champion. With intimate, cinéma vérité camerawork, stunning underwater moments and Director, Yuqi Kang’s, unique, personal voice, we travel together with Jessea on her unwavering journey to become a world champion.

Kim Hughes

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An uncommonly intimate documentary about an extraordinary woman, 7 Beats Per Minute connects the dots between womb and wider world, following its subject as she comes to better understand the contours of her ability.

Rated: B

Feb 13, 2025

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

But the more Lu presses the issue upon Kang, the more 7 Beats Per Minute becomes a different sort of captivating beast with further reaching consequences.

Rated: 6/10

Apr 28, 2024

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Brian Farvour

The Playlist

One should presumably emerge from “7 Beats Per Minute” and be convinced of Lu’s dedication.

Rated: C+

Apr 9, 2024

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Valerie Kalfrin

AWFJ.org

an absorbing and poetic dive into the psyche of someone who pushes herself farther than some are willing to go.

Apr 1, 2024

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

The question of documentarians pushing their subjects to dangerous extremes has rarely been shown in this light. It helps 7 Beats Per Minute stand out as both an achievement of physical will and the moral quandary of the medium.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 9, 2024

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7 Beats Per Minute takes us into the life and underwater world of Jessea Lu, the first Chinese female freediving champion. With intimate, cinéma vérité camerawork, stunning underwater moments and Director, Yuqi Kang’s, unique, personal voice, we travel together with Jessea on her unwavering journey to become a world champion.

Director: Yuqi Kang
Producer: Ina Fichman, Sherien Barsoum
Screenwriter: Yuqi Kang, Yuqi Kang
Production Co: Rainshine Entertainment, Five Fifty Five Productions, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Intuitive Pictures
Genre: Documentary, Sports
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 20m