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Chasing Coral

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

Director

Jeff Orlowski-Yang

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Genre

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Production

Sustainable Films,Exposure Labs,Argent Pictures,Code Blue Foundation,EarthSense Foundation,Kendeda Fund, The

Awards

7 wins & 18 nominations

Homepage

http://www.chasingcoral.com

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John 'Charlie' Veron

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I used to go looking
for these weedy seadragons, - Chasing Coral

I used to go looking for these weedy seadragons,

It's like a seahorse,
but it's a dragon about a foot long... - Chasing Coral

It's like a seahorse, but it's a dragon about a fo...

But then, one year,
they were all disappearing - Chasing Coral

But then, one year, they were all disappearing

And you go, "Well, if it's happening
to one of my favorite creatures, - Chasing Coral

And you go, "Well, if it's happening to one of my ...

You know, when you look at our planet,
it's unique in the known universe - Chasing Coral

You know, when you look at our planet, it's unique in t...

Without a healthy ocean,
we do not have a healthy planet. - Chasing Coral

Without a healthy ocean, we do not have a healthy planet.

The project was called
the XL Catlin Seaview Survey. - Chasing Coral

The project was called the XL Catlin Seaview Survey.

What we wanted to do was reveal
the oceans to the world. - Chasing Coral

What we wanted to do was reveal the oceans to the world.

People were engaging with the imagery, - Chasing Coral

People were engaging with the imagery,

And I think
that was a shocking realization - Chasing Coral

And I think that was a shocking realization

-Yep.
-This whole area back here - Chasing Coral

-Yep. -This whole area back here

You can see all the skeletons in place,
but there's nothing alive. - Chasing Coral

You can see all the skeletons in place, but there's not...

And 50 years ago, that wasn't the case, - Chasing Coral

And 50 years ago, that wasn't the case,

[Vevers] Phil told me that we've lost
80 to 90% of corals in Florida. - Chasing Coral

[Vevers] Phil told me that we've lost 80 to 90% of cor...

I had no idea
that these issues were so advanced. - Chasing Coral

I had no idea that these issues were so advanced.

[Porter] So, all of this stuff
that I'm showing in here... - Chasing Coral

[Porter] So, all of this stuff that I'm showing in here...

Um, is from 1976. - Chasing Coral

Um, is from 1976.

And that's what it looked like then. - Chasing Coral

And that's what it looked like then.

Just little bits and pieces,
but not the whole story. - Chasing Coral

Just little bits and pieces, but not the whole story.

[Vevers] His imagery was designed
for scientific purpose. - Chasing Coral

[Vevers] His imagery was designed for scientific purpose.

It doesn't capture you instantly
without explanation. - Chasing Coral

It doesn't capture you instantly without explanation.

I started my career
in love with a place... - Chasing Coral

I started my career in love with a place...

And those places have diminished. - Chasing Coral

And those places have diminished.

To see that lost is very devastating. - Chasing Coral

To see that lost is very devastating.

[Vevers] A lot of scientists I've met
have got really depressed - Chasing Coral

[Vevers] A lot of scientists I've met have got really ...

Whereas I've had the experience
to do ten years in advertising, - Chasing Coral

Whereas I've had the experience to do ten years in adve...

-Okay, um...
-[laughing] - Chasing Coral

-Okay, um... -[laughing]

[Gates] Twenty-five years
I've been working on corals, - Chasing Coral

[Gates] Twenty-five years I've been working on corals,

-I know, that...
-[laughing] - Chasing Coral

-I know, that... -[laughing]

Not a coral was an animal
with lots of polyps. - Chasing Coral

Not a coral was an animal with lots of polyps.

-what a coral is.
-Your amazement is, - Chasing Coral

-what a coral is. -Your amazement is,

I get completely overwhelmed sometimes,
underwater, on a reef. - Chasing Coral

I get completely overwhelmed sometimes, underwater, on a ree...

Because I can't believe
that these structures - Chasing Coral

Because I can't believe that these structures

I have the utmost respect for corals,
'cause I think they've got us all fooled. - Chasing Coral

I have the utmost respect for corals, 'cause I think th...

Simplicity on the outside
doesn't mean simplicity on the inside. - Chasing Coral

Simplicity on the outside doesn't mean simplicity on th...

We think we're really evolved
'cause we're highly complex beings. - Chasing Coral

We think we're really evolved 'cause we're hi...

But corals... they've decided,
"Forget the external complexity. - Chasing Coral

But corals... they've decided, "Forget the externa...

Let's just be really sophisticated
in a quiet way." - Chasing Coral

Let's just be really sophisticated in a quiet way."...

Each polyp is a circular mouth... - Chasing Coral

Each polyp is a circular mouth...

And they can combine
to be millions of them - Chasing Coral

And they can combine to be millions of them

They have, inside their tissues,
small plants, - Chasing Coral

They have, inside their tissues, small plants,

The plants that live inside them
photosynthesize, - Chasing Coral

The plants that live inside them photosynthesize,

They essentially have food factories
living inside of themselves. - Chasing Coral

They essentially have food factories living inside of themse...

So, as the animal grows, - Chasing Coral

So, as the animal grows,

The plant's really essentially asleep
and the animal comes active. - Chasing Coral

The plant's really essentially asleep and the animal co...

And now anything
that swims by is caught - Chasing Coral

And now anything that swims by is caught

There are many different species
of corals, - Chasing Coral

There are many different species of corals,

Some are very boring to look at.
They look like big rocks on the bottom. - Chasing Coral

Some are very boring to look at. They look like big rocks on...

They have huge, huge branching patterns,
or massive plates. - Chasing Coral

They have huge, huge branching patterns, or massive plates.

A consortium of organisms
that cooperate together... - Chasing Coral

A consortium of organisms that cooperate together...

That now manifests
in this massive structure - Chasing Coral

That now manifests in this massive structure

[Vevers] There's a famous reef
in American Samoa called Airport Reef. - Chasing Coral

[Vevers] There's a famous reef in American Samoa calle...

We heard that there was an area
where the corals were turning white. - Chasing Coral

We heard that there was an area where the corals were turnin...

Because we'd been there previously
to do a survey... - Chasing Coral

Because we'd been there previously to do a survey...

To be honest, I didn't have the knowledge
to know how to process it. - Chasing Coral

To be honest, I didn't have the knowledge to know how t...

[Hoegh-Guldberg]
When Richard saw that white coral, - Chasing Coral

[Hoegh-Guldberg] When Richard saw that white coral,

I think I admitted to him
that I thought this was far more deadly - Chasing Coral

I think I admitted to him that I thought this was far more d...

And so, what we've seen
since the early 1980s - Chasing Coral

And so, what we've seen since the early 1980s

I think that was the first time
that he saw the enormity of the issue. - Chasing Coral

I think that was the first time that he saw the enormity of ...

That this was a threat across the planet
to coral reefs, - Chasing Coral

That this was a threat across the planet to coral reefs,

Back in the '80s, we started looking
at this weird phenomenon. - Chasing Coral

Back in the '80s, we started looking at this weird phen...

Large sections of--
of reefs were turning white, - Chasing Coral

Large sections of-- of reefs were turning white,

As we did more and more experiments, - Chasing Coral

As we did more and more experiments,

And the only thing you could do
in an experiment - Chasing Coral

And the only thing you could do in an experiment

By the end of my PhD, - Chasing Coral

By the end of my PhD,

[Vevers] We look at climate change
as if it's an issue in the air. - Chasing Coral

[Vevers] We look at climate change as if it's an issue...

Does that really matter?" - Chasing Coral

Does that really matter?"

And imagine your body temperature
rises one degree centigrade - Chasing Coral

And imagine your body temperature rises one degree centigrad...

And that's the seriousness of the issue
when you look at it in terms of the ocean. - Chasing Coral

And that's the seriousness of the issue when you look a...

[Gates] Coral bleaching itself
is a stress response, - Chasing Coral

[Gates] Coral bleaching itself is a stress response,

If the temperature spikes just
a little bit above their normal range... - Chasing Coral

If the temperature spikes just a little bit above their norm...

The small plants
that live inside their tissues, - Chasing Coral

The small plants that live inside their tissues,

The animal essentially senses that: - Chasing Coral

The animal essentially senses that:

They try to get rid of those plants
that are no longer functional... - Chasing Coral

They try to get rid of those plants that are no longer funct...

And leave behind the transparent,
naked tissue. - Chasing Coral

And leave behind the transparent, naked tissue.

They've lost the very most important
food source that they have. - Chasing Coral

They've lost the very most important food source that t...

[Vevers] When the coral bleaches, - Chasing Coral

[Vevers] When the coral bleaches,

[Gates] If it's a very clean white look
about the coral... - Chasing Coral

[Gates] If it's a very clean white look about the cora...

It will generally not grow.
It will generally not reproduce. - Chasing Coral

It will generally not grow. It will generally not reproduce.

You'll see these fuzzy microalgae. - Chasing Coral

You'll see these fuzzy microalgae.

The whole surface suddenly become
much, much fuzzier to look at. - Chasing Coral

The whole surface suddenly become much, much fuzzier to look...

[people chattering] - Chasing Coral

[people chattering]

Coral bleaching is very difficult
to communicate. - Chasing Coral

Coral bleaching is very difficult to communicate.

So, we need to communicate it
in a different way. - Chasing Coral

So, we need to communicate it in a different way.

I was flying on a plane,
and I watched a film, Chasing Ice . - Chasing Coral

I was flying on a plane, and I watched a film, Chasing Ice ...

That film was about the documentation
of the disappearing glaciers. - Chasing Coral

That film was about the documentation of the disappearing gl...

And it suddenly dawned on me
that we had almost identical projects. - Chasing Coral

And it suddenly dawned on me that we had almost identical pr...

So, pretty much
as soon as I got off that plane, - Chasing Coral

So, pretty much as soon as I got off that plane,

The cameras are shooting every hour, - Chasing Coral

The cameras are shooting every hour,

Richard sent an e-mail, out of the blue,
and he attached two photographs, - Chasing Coral

Richard sent an e-mail, out of the blue, and he attached two...

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Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

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Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang

Writer: Davis Coombe, Vickie Curtis, Jeff Orlowski-Yang

Production: Sustainable Films,Exposure Labs,Argent Pictures,Code Blue Foundation,EarthSense Foundation,Kendeda Fund, The

Genre: documentary

Year: 2017

MetaScore: 86/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Jul 2017

Awards: 7 wins & 18 nominations

Homepage: http://www.chasingcoral.com

Also watch: Wings of Life, Apache, Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts, The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson, Black '47, The Hummingbird Project, The Arrival, Keith, Gosford Park, Holy Spider, Icarus, This Is It, Bad Seeds