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Playing with Sharks (2021)

PG-13 · 2021-06-05 · 1h 35m · EN
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Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our scientific understanding of sharks forever.

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Sally AitkenDirector
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Valerie TaylorValerie TaylorselfRon TaylorRon Taylorself (archive footage)Jeremiah S. SullivanJeremiah S. SullivanselfRodney FoxRodney Foxself

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Shark

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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinitySharkDirector preference930987Actor preference820322 · 396545 · 1593409Country preferenceAuDecade preference2020

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What is Playing with Sharks about?

Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our scientific understanding of sharks forever.

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Playing with Sharks has a runtime of 95 minutes.

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