CFF: Diving Into The Darkness

Australia, 2024, 96 mins.
DIRECTOR: Nays Baghai
WITH: Jill Heinerth, Bill Stone, Richard Harris

Few have ever explored the true depths of the ocean, but one of the brave souls who has, is the legendary Canadian cave diver Jill Heinerth. Heinerth was inspired reading National Geographic books as a child, and went on to lead ground-breaking historical and archaeological expeditions, which have helped to find the balance between human activity and the natural world. The stakes are notoriously high in this line of work, and Jill, alongside her family and colleagues, reflects on the risks and rewards of cave diving, including those she has lost, while also ruminating on her inner courage and bravery in the face of adversity.

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