Racing Extinction
An urgent environmental documentary follows activists and scientists confronting wildlife trafficking and fossil-fuel secrecy to defend Earth’s vanishing species.
Overview
A gripping exploration of humanity's impact on the planet and the urgent need for change.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- urgent
- serious
- hopeful
- environmental awareness viewing
- documentary night
What critics said
Critics broadly acclaimed the film as an urgent, visually ambitious environmental documentary that combines investigative reporting with a persuasive call to action.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Oceanic Preservation Society team exposes wildlife trafficking and hidden fossil-fuel impacts while urging viewers toward solutions.
Scientists characterize the current sixth extinction as the Anthropocene, or Age of Man, linking species loss directly to human activity.
The activists investigate bogus wildlife markets and an obscured world of oil and gas pollution.
The mission gives visual and narrative prominence to thousands of species on the edge of extinction across the globe.
Films like Racing Extinction, and why
The Cove
environmental documentary filmmaking, investigative activism, and urgent ecological advocacy
An Inconvenient Truth
scientific climate warnings, persuasive environmental messaging, and contemporary documentary activism
Before the Flood
global ecological crisis, striking nature imagery, and a hopeful call to collective action
Our Planet
human-caused environmental catastrophe, scientific testimony, and emotionally urgent planetary-scale storytelling
Movie Details
- Director
- Louie Psihoyos
- Release Date
- 2015-01-24
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 (202)
Cast
- Elon Musk
- Jane Goodall
- Louie Psihoyos
- Leilani Münter
- Charles Hambleton
- Heather Dawn Rally
- Joel Sartore
- Paul Hilton
- Travis Threlkel
- Christopher W. Clark
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Racing Extinction about?
- An urgent environmental documentary follows activists and scientists confronting wildlife trafficking and fossil-fuel secrecy to defend Earth’s vanishing species.
- What is Racing Extinction like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Racing Extinction as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Racing Extinction violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Racing Extinction.
- What did critics think of Racing Extinction?
- Critics broadly acclaimed the film as an urgent, visually ambitious environmental documentary that combines investigative reporting with a persuasive call to action.
- Which films are like Racing Extinction?
- Films with a similar feel include The Cove, An Inconvenient Truth, Before the Flood, and Our Planet.
- How long is Racing Extinction?
- Racing Extinction runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Racing Extinction?
- In United States, Racing Extinction streams on Philo, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
