Swift get value from UnsafeMutablePointer<Void> using UnsafePointer<String>

I am trying to pass contextInfo of typeUnsafeMutablePointer<Void> to UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum and use it in the callback function. For some reason I am unable to access contextInfo as a string using UnsafePointer<String>(x).memory when I am in the callback function.

I am pretty sure it is something simple I am missing but have spent way to many hours trying to figure this out.

Below is some code that I have tried.

The following code works.

var testStr:String = "hello"
takesAMutableVoidPointer(&testStr)

func takesAMutableVoidPointer(x: UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>){
    var pStr:String = UnsafePointer<String>(x).memory
    println("x = \(x)")
    println("pStr = \(pStr)")
}

However the following code does not work.

var testStr:String = "hello"

if UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum(filePath){ //the filePath is compatible
    println("Compatible")
    //UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum(filePath, self, nil, nil)
    UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum(filePath, self, "video:didFinishSavingWithError:contextInfo:", &testStr)
}
else{
    println("Not Compatible")
}

func video(video: NSString, didFinishSavingWithError error:NSError, contextInfo:UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>){
    var pStr:String = UnsafePointer<String>(contextInfo).memory
    println("contextInfo = \(contextInfo)")
    println("pStr = \(pStr)")
}

Once I get to the following line:

var pStr:String = UnsafePointer<String>(contextInfo).memory

I keep getting the following error:

Thread 1: EXC_BAD_ACCESS(code=1, address=0x0)

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Update

Rintaro commented that testStr needs to be top level but the following code works.

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
        var testStr:String = "hello"
        takesAMutableVoidPointer(&testStr)
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

    func takesAMutableVoidPointer(x: UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>){
        var answer = UnsafePointer<String>(x).memory
        println("x = \(x)")
        println("answer = \(answer)")
    }
}

I am trying not to use global variables unless I have to. I may have to but since I am able to execute the above code, it seems as though I do not need to use a global variable.