Racing Extinction

2015 "It's better to light one candle than curse the darkness."
8.2| 1h30m| en
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An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.

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KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
midtra52 I'm a pretty green guy to start with. I watched this movie not knowing who was in it. Then sure enough Elon Musk shows up...wait a minute? This guy is supposed to be green? Not only that, but the movie seems to think Tesla cars are green!! How confused can they be. Anyone that bothers to think just slightly or perhaps do a little research would realize Tesla makes dirtier cars than any other company. Their cars run on electricity, therefore COAL!!! This documentary is a joke. They surely have enough sense to realize this. They surely also know that solar panels as a power distribution system cause a massive amount of waste versus the power they actually generate. (batteries, heavy metals, rare earth metals).On top of this spin making Elon Musk look green they go to Asian countries and make these hunters look bad. The thing is these hunters waste nothing! Meanwhile the makers of this movie polluted more flying to Asia than these hunters ever will in their lives.The whole movie reeks to high heaven of a advertisement courtesy of Elon Musk. The guy lives off taxpayers, keeping bankrupt companies alive courtesy of the taxpayers, and has to do everything he can to spin this idea that his companies are green when in fact they are extremely wasteful and polluting.
kaydan-97529 I honestly cant remember when I last reviewed a movie / documentary, however, I fell in love with the message of this documentary. Its a story of whats happening to our planet. What we are doing to our own, our only home. A home we all share with other residents who have been turned into guests & slowly killed off one by one, by us.Far more entertaining, saddening, thought provoking, guilt triggering & as if knowing our need / desire for a twist at the end, hope bringing & pasting a smile to our face at the end. The message is clear, we have been making mistakes, however, we still have time, together we all can bring a change, a change for happiness & place for every creature on this planet.And to make the review a bit more personal, I want to share, how its affected me. I love bags, I actually love leather. As a geek, I really really care about my backpacks, shoulder bags etc. I actually have over 20 bags and keep on the lookout for expensive brands, unique designs etc. I have just deleted all the references / link to the sites. I have plenty, its time I used the damn bags, the twenty themselves will last me my lifetime.Watch this movie, for your own knowledge, for the guests of this planet, for your children. Nevermind, just watch it for yourself.
CCharlesIC An excellent overview of the situation which all inhabitants of the earth are facing. While I didn't much care for the "Save the Whales" mentality which bookends this documentary, I do recognize that this is a point to which the general public can relate. The core of the issue is found in the middle third of this film: acidification. To summarize; what good is saving whales, dolphins, tuna, or seahorses now if all sea life will be extinct in the 23rd century? Kelp and jellyfish excluded. That is the issue of ocean acidification which excess CO² exacerbates, so watch that portion of this documentary twice. Then perhaps watch a Ted Talk or read a book on this specific subject. I would recommend the talks given by Dr. Alex Cannara; Acidification, Climate & Energy found at youtu(dot)be/rzoW_cVg2hE.If you don't catch this idea in the film, I'll spell it out here. Plankton (Pteropods) do three things; 1) they absorb CO² and sequester it in their tiny shells which fall to the bottom of the ocean should they not get eaten. 2) Pteropods are sometimes eaten and form the base of the oceanic food chain. Nearly half the human population lives near the ocean and is part of that food chain. 3) As these bit of plankton take in CO² for nourishment, they also give off oxygen. In fact, slightly more than half of all oxygen on Earth is resupplied in this fashion.Currently Pteropods are already under duress as a species and numbers have begun to dwindle. Extinction in the 23rd century for nearly all invertebrates & vertebrates is looming - and human activities are 99% of the problem. As I wrote above, watch the middle third of this documentary closely. We have a few decades to avoid this extinction scenario. Let's act wisely.
poe-48833 As we race headlong into our 6th Extinction, we delude ourselves into thinking there's something we can do about it. Kyaktivists are already patting themselves on the back for having "done their part" to keep the Oilygarchy from drilling in the Arctic. Unfortunately, as well-intentioned and as laudable their efforts might be, it's all too little, too late. The REAL reason the Oilygarchy gave up on the notion of drilling for oil in the Arctic was this: as RACING EXTINCTION clearly shows, there's enough Methane frozen in the ice to wipe Mankind off the face of the Earth FOREVER. We see a block of ice being excavated and, within it, a veritable Diorama of Death: Frozen Methane gas (ironically enough, looking not unlike the kind of mushroom cloud one sees when an Atomic Bomb is detonated). Knowing that drilling will unleash enough Methane to kill all Life on this planet, the Oilygarchs backed off- but the Russians HAVEN'T: they fully intend to drill in the Arctic. Of course, it's possible they may decide NOT to drill there... but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you...