Chasing Coral
2017
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1h 29min
• Documentary
It took months of major setbacks and small successes, but the efforts of director Jeff Orlowski and his team of scientists, photographers, and crew resulted in their obtaining exactly the footage they needed to make CHASING CORAL. Capitalizing on the success of Orlowski's earlier feature, Chasing Ice, and hoping to explore coral as glaciers had been explored, the creative team decided to film the actual breakdown of the earth's dwindling coral reefs. They traveled to the planet's most fragile shores to place underwater cameras as a means of recording the degradation of the reefs over a period of two months. Problems arose, seemingly insurmountable ones, but the commitment of those involved only got stronger. Despite unexpected expenditures of time, effort, and funding, the determined team refused to give up. The movie is part adventure, part testimony to their remarkable knowledge and will, and, most significantly, an amazing accounting of the destiny of one of earth's most beautiful and precious species.
