By Rory Daley—-  Alia Atkinson— SPORTS broadcaster and producer Donald Oliver said he plunged in the deep end of the pool in the making of his first full-length documentary about Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkison. Oliver made the announcement at the premiere of Alia: Darling of the Pool at Triple Century, New Kingston, on Thursday night. The documentary was part of the week-long inaugural Jamaica Productions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) Jamaica Film Festival which ends today. “This was originally supposed to be a bunch of sports shorts, but I got ambitious as things progressed through the project,” Oliver told the Sunday Observer. Alia: Darling of the Pool follows the story of Jamaican world champion breaststroke swimmer Alia Atkinson, from her introduction to the sport through to her world record and gold medal performance in Doha, Qatar. “I chose her because … Read entire article »