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Racing Extinction
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 Academy Award nomination, for Best Original Song, and one Emmy nomination. "Racing Extinction" premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, followed by limited theater release, with worldwide broadcast premiere on The Discovery Channel in 220 countries or territories on December
W. Clark (director of the Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP))
- Race car driver and environmentalist Leilani Münter
- Artist Shawn Heinrichs
- Conservationist and Photographer Paul Hilton
Obscura Digital customized the Tesla Model S car used for the projections.
Reception.
"Racing Extinction" was generally acclaimed by critics. The film is nominated for an Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. The film holds a Metacritic score of 81/100. In 2016 it won the Cinema for Peace International Green Film Award.