Sara Vladic
Directing
Biography
Sara Vladic is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, National Geographic historian, and the coauthor of the New York Times instant bestseller Indianapolis. Early in her career, Sara quickly established herself as one of the world’s leading authorities on USS Indianapolis, and she has now brought the same level of expert research to The Dangerous Shore. Sara has also worked as a feature film writer at 20th Century Fox and is a member of the Producers' Guild of America. She lives in San Diego with her husband Ben.
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The Legacy Project tells the fate of the World War II heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis using exclusively first-person accounts. The last crew and their families share gripping stories of kamikaze attacks, invasions, a secret mission, and ultimately a devastating torpedo attack that killed three fourths of the crew. The survivors recall the 5 days they spent floating alone in the Pacific Ocean, their miraculous rescue, and how they fought together to clear their captain's name. Start to finish, this feature-length film flows from survivor to survivor as they finish each other's sentences. Set to a completely original score, the incredible story unfolds while rare WWII footage, a collection of previously unpublished photographs, open-ocean reenactments, and new footage from one of the last WWII era heavy cruisers in existence.