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Jul 23, 2021 · Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story: Directed by Sally Aitken. With Valerie Taylor, Jeremiah S. Sullivan, Ron Taylor, Rodney Fox. Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks.
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Documentary Release Date : 17 June 2021 Cast : Valerie TaylorDirector : Sally AitkenPlot : Photographer Valerie Taylor becomes a trailblazing advocate for th...
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Jul 23, 2021 · Playing with Sharks. Rating: TV-14. Release Date: July 23, 2021. Genre: Documentary. A true pioneer in both underwater filmmaking and shark research, Valerie Taylor is a living legend and icon in the underwater world whose life’s work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today. Through remarkable underwater archival ...
- Valerie Taylor
- A Bad Reputation
- Making Friends
- The Perfect Animal
- A Woman Underwater
Increasing numbers of shark encountersaround the world have people feeling more on edge and less like a swim. In 2020, there were eight fatal shark bites recorded in Australia from 26 reported incidents. This was slightly higher than the 23 recorded in 2019 (with no fatalities). So far this year, there have been ten incidents with one death. This i...
This film is about changing attitudes. The title itself is a nod to the positive association Valerie Taylor enjoys with sharks, who she regularly refers to as her “friends”. But it wasn’t always that way for the Sydney-born diver who left school at 15 to draw animations and started diving in the 1950s. In 1974, Valerie and her late husband Ron were...
Valerie and Ron’s journey from spearfishers to conservationists highlights their role in a broader transition from fear to admiration for these complex, majestic creatures. “Nature made the perfect animal,” Valerie marvels in the film. “That wonder has never gone away.” Valerie and Ron used cinematography to balance the reality of shark behaviour w...
Like Girls Can’t Surfbefore it, Playing with Sharks explores gender imbalances. The viewer gets to see how Valerie created her own deeply-rewarding adventure story in a male-dominated world, from hand-feeding a Great White from the back of a boat to untangling one caught in wire with her bare hands in waist-deep water. Tiny and blonde, she fought t...
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Jul 23, 2021 Full Review Mark R. Leeper Mark Leeper's Reviews PLAYING WITH SHARKS--THE VALERIE TAYLOR STORY, from National Geographic, tells the story of Valerie Taylor, who has worked to educate ...
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Jan 29, 2021 · The visually stunning documentary 'Playing With Sharks' pays tribute to Australian marine conservationist Valerie Taylor, whose fearless underwater photography, made famous in 'Jaws,' expanded ...
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Duration: 1h 31m. Release Date: 2021. Genre: DocumentaryBiographicalAnimals & Nature. Rating: Director: Sally Aitken. Starring: Valerie Taylor Jean Michel Cousteau Jeremiah Sullivan Wendy Benchley Rodney Fox Dr. Sylvia Earle. "Playing with Sharks" captures the life of conservationist Valerie Taylor.
