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  • Riding the Ocean Dragon (2018)
  • TV Special | Documentary
Riding the Ocean Dragon (2018)
TV Special | Documentary
Australian Rachael Thornton goes where no Western documentary filmmaker has ever been. She is the only non-Chinese member of the first major scientific mission of Ocean Dragon, China's powerful manned submersible. Rachael's not from any ...See moreAustralian Rachael Thornton goes where no Western documentary filmmaker has ever been. She is the only non-Chinese member of the first major scientific mission of Ocean Dragon, China's powerful manned submersible. Rachael's not from any superpower; she reports environmental and native Australian stories from the bush. She's never been to sea, but she's never met a language barrier she didn't like. These five weeks will test her as extreme deep-sea pressure tests Ocean Dragon and its diving scientists. No sub has ever taken three humans to full ocean depth. What will crack? Who might die? The deep sea remains a challenge to finding new life - and resources to extract. For the very first time, China opens its doors on its highest-risk mission of all. See less
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Director
Adam Geiger
Producers
Rachel Thornton (producer) | Liao Ye (producer)
Cinematographers
Rachel Thornton | Zhang Wei
Editor
Michael Drake
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Updated Oct 13, 2017
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Oct 13, 2017 (China)

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