Touch the Wall

Touch the Wall is a documentary film about American swimmers Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce and their journey to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The film was funded through a kickstarter campaign and private funding in 2013, and released in 2014 via Tugg. The film premiered as a red carpet feature at the Stars Denver Film Festival to an audience of 2800 people, and then again in New York on Sunday November 23, one day before USA Swimming Foundation's Golden Goggles awards which were also in New York. The New York premiere was co-presented with USA Swimming. The film was directed and produced by Christo Brock and Grant Barbeito, a filmmaking duo from Los Angeles.