Biography of jessica watson sailor movie

Australian film

True Spirit is a Australian biographicaldrama film directed by Sarah Spillane and written by Spillane, Cathy Randall, and Rebecca Banner.^[1] The film is based on the memoir of the same name by Jessica Watson, played by Teagan Croft.

She is an Australian sailor who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal and is on the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame after attempting a solo global circumnavigation at the age of ^[2][3][4] The film was made available for streaming on Netflix on 3 February ^[5]

Plot

In , year-old Jessica Watson dreams of becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and unassisted, which means she must sail alone and not dock at any port along the way.

The journey is estimated to take days, and she must cross the equator and all Meridians of longitude. Her team consist of her parents, three siblings, and her coach Ben Bryant: a disgraced, former competiti