Dave Not Coming Back

Dave Not Coming Back
FrenchLa dernière plongée de Dave
Directed byJonah Malak
Written byJonah Malak
Produced byAudrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre
Jonah Malak
CinematographyMarwan Haroun
Hugo Gendron
Edited byJonah Malak
Music byMarc Bell
Gabriel Thibaudeau
Production
company
Nemesis Films
Distributed byFragments Distribution
Gravitas Ventures
Release date
  • August 17, 2020 (2020-08-17)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Dave Not Coming Back (French: La dernière plongée de Dave) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jonah Malak and released in 2020.[1] The film centres on diver Dave Shaw's death while attempting to recover the body of Deon Dreyer from the submerged Boesmansgat cave in 2005, through a mix of camcorder footage from the incident and the personal reflections of his surviving friend Don Shirley.[2]

  1. ^ Douglas Laman, "AFF Fest: "Dave Not Coming Back" is a poignant look at loss and risk". The Spool, October 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Steve Davis, "AFF Review: Dave Not Coming Back". The Austin Chronicle, October 27, 2020.