In 2018, 12 kids who had gone out to play football and their coach were trapped inside a cave system in Northern Thailand. They had little chance of survival as the monsoon season approached.
Their plight captured worldwide attention. Once the rescue was over, media outlets signed up various parties. The school kids, the rescuers etc.
Ron Howard even made a movie Thirteen Lives charting the ordeal of the football team.
Co-directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi made the Oscar winning documentary Free Solo about a solo ascent of Yosemite rock face El Capitan.
Here they concentrate on the volunteer cave divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen from Britain. What was a strange hobby became a vital skill set. Even the Thai Navy Seals had problems navigating the cave system which was now flooded.
The documentary uses news footage and reconstructions to tell their story. It has talking heads from the Thai authorities, the American armed forces who assisted them. As well as other cave divers from across the world including Dr Richard Harris who was vital to the rescue.
However it was a fascinating take. The Thai authorities initially had little time for these guys but on their initial dive they came across four workers who were trapped. No one knew they were missing at first.
What is missing is contributions from the kids and their families. That is because their rights were sold to other media companies.
Their plight captured worldwide attention. Once the rescue was over, media outlets signed up various parties. The school kids, the rescuers etc.
Ron Howard even made a movie Thirteen Lives charting the ordeal of the football team.
Co-directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi made the Oscar winning documentary Free Solo about a solo ascent of Yosemite rock face El Capitan.
Here they concentrate on the volunteer cave divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen from Britain. What was a strange hobby became a vital skill set. Even the Thai Navy Seals had problems navigating the cave system which was now flooded.
The documentary uses news footage and reconstructions to tell their story. It has talking heads from the Thai authorities, the American armed forces who assisted them. As well as other cave divers from across the world including Dr Richard Harris who was vital to the rescue.
However it was a fascinating take. The Thai authorities initially had little time for these guys but on their initial dive they came across four workers who were trapped. No one knew they were missing at first.
What is missing is contributions from the kids and their families. That is because their rights were sold to other media companies.