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We are Racing Extinction, and we cannot afford to lose.
Racing Extinction exposes the trafficking in wildlife and other crimes against nature in a race to protect all life from mass extinction.
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Infiltrating the world’s most dangerous black markets, a covert team unmasks the dark world of wildlife trafficking, a lucrative and organized enterprise with links to criminal syndicates. Using high-tech tactics, OPS reveals never-before-seen images that will forever change the way we see the world, bringing a voice to the thousands of species teetering on the brink of survival.
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The global wildlife trade: Commercial trafficking in wildlife is a crime against nature.
Endangered species are being harvested, hunted, displaced, and bought and sold around the world. Humankind’s demand for exotic wildlife parts and products for consumption or curiosity is driving species towards extinction.
Learn MoreWe have entered the sixth major extinction in Earth’s history, following the fifth great extinction which caused the dinosaurs to vanish. Extinction is the single biggest story that will impact all life on earth. Climate change and our consumer choices are testing the planet’s resiliency.
Filming of Racing Extinction took place in 10 countries.
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During the film’s coldest shoot, it was -20°F while filming methane escaping the Alaskan permafrost
Offset your carbon footprintOur current era is called the Anthropocene, or “Age of Man,” because evidence shows that humanity has sparked a cataclysmic change in the world’s natural environment, threatening all life on earth. We are the only ones who can stop the global changes now underway.
What we eat defines our ecological footprint. The production of animal-based foods is linked to higher greenhouse gas emissions than plant-based foods. A plant-based diet requires a third of the land needed to support a meat-heavy diet, and overall wastes less of the resources we desperately need to conserve.
Half of all marine and land species on the planet may be lost to extinction by the year 2100.
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Louie Psihoyos
Olivia Ahnemann
Fisher Stevens
Dieter Paulmann
Mark Monroe
J. Ralph
Geoff Richman, A.C.E.
Lyman Smith
Jason Zeldes
Gina Papabeis
John Behrens
Sean Kirby
Petr Stepanek
Shawn Heinrichs
Paul G. Allen
Jody Allen
Solina Chau
Dan Nelson
Trammell S. Crow
John Paul DeJoria
William von Mueffling
Kenneth Lerer
Patti Bonnet
Adrienne Hall
Chip Comins
W. Wilder Knight II
Tom Shadyac
Laura Seydel
Rutherford Seydel
Jim Swartz
Susan Swartz
Heidi Roddenberry
Rod Roddenberry
Mickey Houlihan
Daniel Wright
Candace Crespi
Joshua Steele Minor
Matthew Stamm
2016 Emmy Awards
Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Nominee
2015 Blue Ocean Film Festival
Best of Festival
2015 VIFF Film Festival
Official Selection
2015 Seattle International Film Festival
Official Selection
2016 Academy Award® Nominee
Best Original Song, “Manta Ray”
Nantucket Film Festival
2015 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Winner
2015 DREFF Film Festival
Official Selection
Crested Butte Film Festival
Act Now Award
Green Film Network
Best Green Film of the Decade Award
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