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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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N/A

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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Trevor Mendelow

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Every time I was looking something up,
there he was. - Chasing Coral

Every time I was looking something up, there he was.

There are about 340 species of coral
on the Great Barrier Reef. - Chasing Coral

There are about 340 species of coral on the Great Barrier Re...

[Rago] For all intents and purposes,
he's the godfather of coral reef science. - Chasing Coral

[Rago] For all intents and purposes, he's the godfathe...

He's the first guy to really go down
and start cataloging corals, - Chasing Coral

He's the first guy to really go down and start catalogi...

Here we have thousands upon thousands
of species all interreacting together - Chasing Coral

Here we have thousands upon thousands of species all interre...

Corals, unlike any other form
of life on Earth, except man, - Chasing Coral

Corals, unlike any other form of life on Earth, except man,

Corals are experts at creating high-rises. - Chasing Coral

Corals are experts at creating high-rises.

They're basically creating
this incredible dimensionality, - Chasing Coral

They're basically creating this incredible dimensionali...

The more complex a structure, - Chasing Coral

The more complex a structure,

In a healthy coral reef system, - Chasing Coral

In a healthy coral reef system,

They're competing for space
with one another, - Chasing Coral

They're competing for space with one another,

[Hoegh-Guldberg]
Look at Great Barrier Reef, - Chasing Coral

[Hoegh-Guldberg] Look at Great Barrier Reef,

This hugely diverse and complex city. - Chasing Coral

This hugely diverse and complex city.

And like in a city, the fish are living
in very specific places. - Chasing Coral

And like in a city, the fish are living in very specific pla...

The same fish is living
in the same piece of coral - Chasing Coral

The same fish is living in the same piece of coral

In the morning and afternoon,
you have traffic on the reef. - Chasing Coral

In the morning and afternoon, you have traffic on the reef.

You've got fish which have,
like, spent the night on the reef, - Chasing Coral

You've got fish which have, like, spent the night on th...

When the sun starts coming up,
you actually have a morning chorus, - Chasing Coral

When the sun starts coming up, you actually have a morning c...

Each fish, each animal, has its own job,
and it does its own thing. - Chasing Coral

Each fish, each animal, has its own job, and it does its own...

And they'll go pick a piece of algae
and plant it, and look after that area. - Chasing Coral

And they'll go pick a piece of algae and plant it, and ...

There are strange partnerships, - Chasing Coral

There are strange partnerships,

Completely different fish,
but they work together - Chasing Coral

Completely different fish, but they work together

One of the things you notice
is the sort of crunching noise. - Chasing Coral

One of the things you notice is the sort of crunching noise.

They actually eat the coral.
They're crunching away at the coral. - Chasing Coral

They actually eat the coral. They're crunching away at ...

When that coral passes
through the parrotfish, - Chasing Coral

When that coral passes through the parrotfish,

So, in fact, every single beach, - Chasing Coral

So, in fact, every single beach,

[Vevers] Coral reefs are hugely important
for the ocean, - Chasing Coral

[Vevers] Coral reefs are hugely important for the ocean,

And they say something like 25%
of all marine life relies on coral reefs. - Chasing Coral

And they say something like 25% of all marine life relies on...

[Eakin] We've got half a billion
to a billion people - Chasing Coral

[Eakin] We've got half a billion to a billion people

[Porter] Without that protein,
they're going to be malnourished. - Chasing Coral

[Porter] Without that protein, they're going to be mal...

Their culture, their way of life, - Chasing Coral

Their culture, their way of life,

And many of the new drugs
that are coming to help humans - Chasing Coral

And many of the new drugs that are coming to help humans

There's a drug called prostaglandin
that comes from sea fans, - Chasing Coral

There's a drug called prostaglandin that comes from sea...

There's another one called bryostatin
that comes from coral rhizomes, - Chasing Coral

There's another one called bryostatin that comes from c...

There are so many things
that we don't know yet - Chasing Coral

There are so many things that we don't know yet

[Eakin]
Coral reefs are producing a breakwater - Chasing Coral

[Eakin] Coral reefs are producing a breakwater

They're better than the ones
that we can produce, - Chasing Coral

They're better than the ones that we can produce,

[Kleypas] The corals are the real basis
of that ecosystem. - Chasing Coral

[Kleypas] The corals are the real basis of that ecosystem.

And you can't have a coral reef
without the corals. - Chasing Coral

And you can't have a coral reef without the corals.

[Rago] So, we went back to the Bahamas - Chasing Coral

[Rago] So, we went back to the Bahamas

We're gonna keep our fingers crossed
and hope we have plenty of footage. - Chasing Coral

We're gonna keep our fingers crossed and hope we have p...

In focus... and then the first one
after that's out of focus. - Chasing Coral

In focus... and then the first one after that's out of ...

[Orlowski] I've never heard
of manual focus changing over time. - Chasing Coral

[Orlowski] I've never heard of manual focus changing ov...

We put a lot of effort
getting those cameras down, - Chasing Coral

We put a lot of effort getting those cameras down,

More so because we knew
the clock was against us. - Chasing Coral

More so because we knew the clock was against us.

[Hoegh-Guldberg] I've been looking
at the latest sea temperature values - Chasing Coral

[Hoegh-Guldberg] I've been looking at the latest sea te...

That coastal area
is probably gonna continue to warm. - Chasing Coral

That coastal area is probably gonna continue to warm.

If you're into bleaching... [chuckles] - Chasing Coral

If you're into bleaching... [chuckles]

[Ackerman] Zack and Trevor went all-in
and just fixed the problems. - Chasing Coral

[Ackerman] Zack and Trevor went all-in and just fixed the p...

-The square that pops up on this...
-[Rago] We changed to a fixed lens, - Chasing Coral

-The square that pops up on this... -[Rago] We changed to a...

I'm standing on one
of the two and a half thousand or so - Chasing Coral

I'm standing on one of the two and a half thousand or s...

Very few people can realize
that this is the largest structure - Chasing Coral

Very few people can realize that this is the largest structu...

These reefs extend along
the tropical coastline of Australia, - Chasing Coral

These reefs extend along the tropical coastline of Australia...

I wanna see it for its beauty,
and always wanted to get there. - Chasing Coral

I wanna see it for its beauty, and always wanted to get ther...

And it's just amazing
to think about how massive it is. - Chasing Coral

And it's just amazing to think about how massive it is.

We're sending Jeff and Zack to Keppel, - Chasing Coral

We're sending Jeff and Zack to Keppel,

[beeping] - Chasing Coral

[man] Already biologists say
some corals are dying, - Chasing Coral

[man] Already biologists say some corals are dying,

You're talking... an event similar
to the rain forests of the world - Chasing Coral

You're talking... an event similar to the rain forests ...

Everyone would be jumping up
and taking notice, - Chasing Coral

Everyone would be jumping up and taking notice,

You may think, "Well, this is just a cycle
that we go through." - Chasing Coral

You may think, "Well, this is just a cycle that we go t...

-So much that...
-[Vevers] This isn't a natural cycle. - Chasing Coral

-So much that... -[Vevers] This isn't a natural cycle.

This is a phenomenon
directly attributed to climate change, - Chasing Coral

This is a phenomenon directly attributed to climate change,

[Marshall] One of the ways
of looking back in time with a reef - Chasing Coral

[Marshall] One of the ways of looking back in time with a r...

You can look at growth rings in corals - Chasing Coral

You can look at growth rings in corals

This coral grows at around - Chasing Coral

This coral grows at around

[Marshall] By tracking back in time,
by looking at the history of the reef, - Chasing Coral

[Marshall] By tracking back in time, by looking at the hist...

The cause is, unequivocally,
global climate change, - Chasing Coral

The cause is, unequivocally, global climate change,

[Hoegh-Guldberg] I think a lot of people
don't realize climate change is happening - Chasing Coral

[Hoegh-Guldberg] I think a lot of people don't realize...

When you burn fossil fuel...
that's burning oil, gas or coal... - Chasing Coral

When you burn fossil fuel... that's burning oil, gas or...

Carbon dioxide has the property
that it's able to trap heat. - Chasing Coral

Carbon dioxide has the property that it's able to trap ...

So, the more you have in the atmosphere, - Chasing Coral

So, the more you have in the atmosphere,

What people don't know is that 93% - Chasing Coral

What people don't know is that 93%

If the oceans weren't doing this job
of absorbing the heat, - Chasing Coral

If the oceans weren't doing this job of absorbing the h...

There are rates of change going on
in tropical oceans, - Chasing Coral

There are rates of change going on in tropical oceans,

It means that coral reefs
are a likely casualty - Chasing Coral

It means that coral reefs are a likely casualty

At that point in time,
people weren't quite ready for that, - Chasing Coral

At that point in time, people weren't quite ready for t...

[Marshall] He was ridiculed for this,
for being an alarmist. - Chasing Coral

[Marshall] He was ridiculed for this, for being an alarmist...

But over time he's been proved right,
time and time again. - Chasing Coral

But over time he's been proved right, time and time aga...

That's why I came here when I was 18
to this island - Chasing Coral

That's why I came here when I was 18 to this island

It wasn't because I thought
it was gonna disappear - Chasing Coral

It wasn't because I thought it was gonna disappear

It's unfortunate
that I can't look at this thing - Chasing Coral

It's unfortunate that I can't look at this thing

This wonderful thing, this thing
that's been around for a very long time... - Chasing Coral

This wonderful thing, this thing that's been around for...

[Rago] Storms and the weather is really
the controlling factor right now. - Chasing Coral

[Rago] Storms and the weather is really the controlling fac...

The wind and the storms
continue rolling through, - Chasing Coral

The wind and the storms continue rolling through,

[thunder rumbling] - Chasing Coral

[thunder rumbling]

And when Hurricane Winston happened,
all of that changed. - Chasing Coral

And when Hurricane Winston happened, all of that changed.

It caused a lot of cold water
and a lot of rain - Chasing Coral

It caused a lot of cold water and a lot of rain

Part of me is happy that the corals
aren't gonna bleach here. - Chasing Coral

Part of me is happy that the corals aren't gonna bleach...

Actually makes me ecstatic - Chasing Coral

Actually makes me ecstatic

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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