LIFE CHANGING!
After a while, I have resumed the pursuit of watching a selected list of documentaries. After watching Drain the Ocean, planet earth and the mountain, I really believe in the impact of these stories on our hearts. Racing extinction is very much connected to the famous documentary called The cove (2009) which says about the brutality of dolphin slaughter at Taigi.
Racing Extinction is a 94 minutes long documentary directed by Louie Psihoyos who is famous for his studies about underwater life forms and is also an academy award winner. The documentary received a worldwide broadcast premiere on The Discovery Channel.
Racing extinction narrates the shocking facts about the mass extinction of species happening at the age of Anthropocene (the time of humans). It takes you through an emotional journey of retrospection and late realization.The story mainly focuses on the effects of pollution and increased amount of green house gases on ocean and aquatic life. It brings out how the endangered species are being brutally commercialized and reveals the painfully small number of humans who are actually willing to save something that might not give them money.
The footage of visual and audio archives of extinct species create a turmoil in our hearts. We are surrounded by a smoking pot of thick co2 fumes. Humans are on their fastest journey to death and their way is too cruel that it destroys everything incredible and beautiful around.
The stories of Manta ray hunting at Indonesia and illegal shark products commercialization at China shows us the unseen truths behind the glorified lies.
The documentary ends with a moving message, the filmmakers work with Obscura Digital to design a custom Tesla Model S fitted with a 15,000 lumen projector system to project images of critically endangered and extinct species onto public buildings including Shell factories, Wall Street, Headquarters of the United Nations, the Empire State Building and the Vatican.
The visuals of manta rays being projected at the village Lamakera, Indonesia in order to convince the village to stop fishing them are really emotional.
I wish that this incredible piece of art should reach as many as possible because it serves a great purpose. The 96 minutes spent will be one of the most worthy time of your lives.
"The whole world is singing, clicking, grinding, whistling, and thumping... but we've stopped listening."
