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Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story (2021)
An amazing woman's incredible lifelong journey into the world of Sharks.
As a very young teen in 1970, I saw Valerie Taylor, her late husband Ron and fellow Australian Rodney Fox for the first time, in the classic documentary "Blue Water, White Death." I was already hooked to the beauty of the underwater world, but it was here that these 3 inspired my love for Sharks and I followed in their footsteps with my lifelong fight to protect these magnificent creatures.
In this epic documentary, Valerie takes us on an amazing journey into her own teen years as a spearfishing champion, her romance with the sea and also with Ron, who made her his underwater model. We see the couple embarking on an expedition that changed their lives forever and made them protectors and defenders of our oceans and the creatures that live in it. They travelled around the world filming sharks and educating the general public about the huge misconception that these awesome creatures are mindless killing machines in a time when sharks were labelled as Maneaters following the release of "JAWS".
Their mission is not over yet as Valerie, now 85, and following Ron's death in 2012. Is still involved in conservation issues and still dives to spend time surrounded by and Playing With Sharks.
Blue Water, White Death (1971)
The First Expedition to film the Great White Shark.
In 1969 Peter Gimbel set off on the First ever Expedition to Film The Great White Shark. His Team included other World famous underwater Photographers: Stan Waterman, Ron & Valerie Taylor, and also Shark Attack Survivor Rodney Fox.
Their search for the Great White lasted for 9 months and it took them from South Africa to South Australia. A lot of the footage that was Filmed had never been seen before. Some highlights like the dives with the feeding Oceanic Whitetips, and the final encounter with the Great White Shark are simply awesome.
This Documentary is an All Time Classic and is a Tribute To Both the Expedition Team and to the Sharks.