The Life List: Five things to know about documentary Playing With Sharks

Playing With Sharks chronicles marine conservationist Valerie Taylor's lifelong fascination with sharks. PHOTOS: RON AND VALERIE TAYLOR
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SINGAPORE - Renowned Australian diver, photographer, film-maker and marine conservationist Valerie Taylor, 85, has an ease and familiarity with the ocean and its many inhabitants.

Playing With Sharks - a new National Geographic documentary directed by two-time Emmy nominee Sally Aitken - chronicles Taylor's lifelong fascination with sharks, from her early spearfishing career to her efforts at documenting marine life and campaigning for shark conservation.

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