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form y separately published work icon Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story
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'Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks.' (Production summary)

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  • Documentary.

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Works about this Work

Pioneering Diver Valerie Taylor Helped Film Jaws, Then Spent Her Life Trying to Save Sharks Michael Dulaney , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2022;
Such Pretty Teeth, Dear : The Tension between Thrills and Conservation Anne Rutherford , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 434 2021; (p. 65-66)

— Review of Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story 2021 single work film/TV

'Any film about shark conservation faces a dilemma: how to de-sensationalise an animal whose cinematic charisma relies on the combination of thrill and fear. What reels us in as viewers is the excitement of an up-close, full-frontal encounter with a dangerous predator. Film scholar Tom Gunning talks about this as ‘lust for the eyes’, when an image ‘rushes forward to meet the viewer’, provoking ‘a complicated sort of excitement bordering on terror’.' (Introduction)

Spotlight : Valerie Taylor Bridget Cormack (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 June 2021; (p. 3)

'Valerie Taylor , 85, is a diver, filmmaker and marine conservationist living near Manly, Sydney. She is the subject of a new documentary, Valerie Taylor: Playing with Sharks' 

Courage in the Deep Blue David Stratton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 June 2021; (p. 13)

— Review of Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story 2021 single work film/TV
The Woman Who Captured ‘Jaws’ Then Worked To Undo The Damage 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The New York Times , 30 July 2021;
Playing with Sharks: Australian Documentary Shines Light on Valerie Taylor, Deep Sea Diver Who Swam with Sharks Ed Gibbs , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , February 2021;

— Review of Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story 2021 single work film/TV

'She is renowned amongst her peers for her gutsy, pioneering environmentalism over the last 50 years, but it is only now that Valerie Taylor's legacy is being celebrated on screen.' (Introduction)

New Documentary Recalls How Valerie Taylor Played with Sharks to Prove a Point Stephanie Gardiner , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 June 2021;

— Review of Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story 2021 single work film/TV

A new documentary Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story shines a light on Valerie Taylor AM, a pioneering ocean explorer.

Courage in the Deep Blue David Stratton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 June 2021; (p. 13)

— Review of Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story 2021 single work film/TV
Such Pretty Teeth, Dear : The Tension between Thrills and Conservation Anne Rutherford , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 434 2021; (p. 65-66)

— Review of Playing With Sharks : The Valerie Taylor Story 2021 single work film/TV

'Any film about shark conservation faces a dilemma: how to de-sensationalise an animal whose cinematic charisma relies on the combination of thrill and fear. What reels us in as viewers is the excitement of an up-close, full-frontal encounter with a dangerous predator. Film scholar Tom Gunning talks about this as ‘lust for the eyes’, when an image ‘rushes forward to meet the viewer’, provoking ‘a complicated sort of excitement bordering on terror’.' (Introduction)

The Woman Who Captured ‘Jaws’ Then Worked To Undo The Damage 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The New York Times , 30 July 2021;
Spotlight : Valerie Taylor Bridget Cormack (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 June 2021; (p. 3)

'Valerie Taylor , 85, is a diver, filmmaker and marine conservationist living near Manly, Sydney. She is the subject of a new documentary, Valerie Taylor: Playing with Sharks' 

Pioneering Diver Valerie Taylor Helped Film Jaws, Then Spent Her Life Trying to Save Sharks Michael Dulaney , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2022;
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