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‘The Rescue’ Co-Director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Reflects on the Toronto Doc

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Addie Morfoot ContributorEight months after winning the documentary Oscar for “Free Solo,” directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin began working on their next documentary project: National Geographic’s “The Rescue.” The directing duo used never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews to tell the story of the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave.

Unlike “Free Solo” and their 2015 docu “Meru,” Vasarhelyi and Chin relied on other people’s footage, Zoom interviews and reenactments to make “The Rescue.” Film screens at the Toronto International Film Festival.Was “The Rescue” a commissioned project or did you bring the idea to National Geographic? Vasarhelyi: National Geographic.

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