An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.
Cinematography
Underwater shots that make extinction feel intimate and beautiful.
Practical Effects
The Projection Project—illegal guerrilla light installations on buildings.
Direction
Psihoyos turns climate dread into kinetic heist energy.
Director
Louie Psihoyos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'racing' in the title refers to both the extinction crisis and Leilani Münter's career as a vegan NASCAR driver who used her car as a mobile billboard.
This film helped push manta rays onto CITES Appendix II, making their international trade illegal—rare proof that documentaries can directly change policy.
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