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Chasing Coral

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2017 · 93 min Documentary
7.7 / 10 · TMDB

Underwater photographer Richard Vevers and a team of scientists, divers, and engineers embark on a multi-year expedition to document an invisible catastrophe. They design specialized time-lapse cameras to capture the elusive process of coral bleaching—the ghostly transformation of vibrant underwater forests into white graveyards. Facing technical failures and the sheer challenge of filming a slow-motion disaster, their mission becomes a race against time. Each frame they secure serves as undeniable evidence of the rapid collapse of an entire ecosystem, the ocean's vital nursery, happening silently beneath the waves.

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Year 2017
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Jeff Orlowski
Runtime 93 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.7/10 (130 votes)

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The film expertly merges the spirit of a scientific detective story with the gripping drama of a natural disaster unfolding in slow motion. The footage of dying reefs is captured with a painful, almost mournful beauty, transforming data into visceral emotion.

What lingers after the credits is not just an image, but a profound sense of urgency and a quiet challenge to our own role in this story. It’s a call to witness that demands a response. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jeff Orlowski

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The tense quiet of control rooms, the ghostly white silence of a bleached reef, the urgent blue glow of data screens.

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