‘Water Lilies’ and the Journey of Identity
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.

In late winter, raft guide hopefuls join an intensive training program to learn to navigate the nation’s only Class III/IV urban whitewater in Richmond, Virginia. Through trials, tough lessons, and sometimes dangerous adventures, a handful of the group become guides in time for the summer season, only for their journey to be interrupted by an environmental disaster affecting one of the featured rapids.
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.
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