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Chasing Coral (2017)

Chasing Coral poster
Directed by
Jeff Orlowski
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
U
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 131 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A team of divers scientists and photographers travel around the world to record the loss of coral reefs. The film shows the underwater changes over time and the efforts to document them.

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What happens

Chasing Coral is a 2017 American documentary film about a team of divers, scientists and photographers around the world who document the disappearance of coral reefs. Chasing Coral was produced by Exposure Labs and directed by Jeff Orlowski. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released globally on Netflix as a Netflix Original Documentary in July 2017. Jeff Orlowski had previously directed the movie Chasing Ice in 2012, which shares a similar plot to Chasing Coral. The film received investment from Wayne Chang, who also served as associate producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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