Racing Extinction

Racing Extinction
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLouie Psihoyos
Written byMark Monroe
Produced by
Cinematography
  • John Behrens
  • Shawn Heinrichs
  • Sean Kirby
  • Petr Stepanek
Edited by
  • Geoffrey Richman
  • Lyman Smith
  • Jason Zeldes
Music byJ. Ralph
Production
companies
Discovery Channel
Abramorama
Oceanic Preservation Society
Okeanos
Vulcan Productions
Insurgent Films
Release date
  • January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24) (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Racing Extinction is a 2015 documentary about the ongoing anthropogenic mass extinction of species and the efforts from scientists, activists, and journalists to document it by Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos, who directed the documentary The Cove (2009). The film received one Oscar nomination, for Best Original Song, and one Emmy nomination for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Racing Extinction premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival,[1] followed by limited theater release, with worldwide broadcast premiere on Discovery Channel in 220 countries or territories on December 2, 2015.[2]

Racing Extinction′s website details further information about contemporary extinction and campaigns with which to prevent it. The film was created by the Oceanic Preservation Society.

  1. ^ "Sundance Institute". sundance.org. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Ryan, Patrick. "Discovery project is racing to stop 'Extinction'". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2015.