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This is an inspiring story of Jill Heinerth's journey to becoming the world's most accomplished and respected cave-diver. It's a highly dangerous yet essential profession that is providing science with a new and revealing understanding of the world's underground aquatic ecosystems. Director Nays Baghai skilfully unfolds Jill's personal journey from her realization, as a young girl, that her path in life was to explore, her near-death experiences and the impact of these on her relationships and approach to fear, and her passion to inspire exploration in young people. Nays shows us Jill's story through interviews, animations, flash-backs, archival footage, re-enactments, and beautiful cinematography. The re-enactments are especially powerful and frightening. The scenes of divers swimming through enormous underwater caverns, deep beneath the Earth's surface, are magically lit and beautiful to watch. Jill's telling of her amazing life is honest, humble and down-to-earth, contrasting vividly with her technical skills and the dangerous environment she loves. I highly recommend this film to anyone interested in stories about human endeavour, personal limits, and exploration.