Movie
Racing Extinction
Overview
An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-01-24
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Oceanic Preservation Society, Insurgent Docs, Vulcan Productions, Okeanos Foundation for the Sea, Li Ka Shing Foundation, Earth Day Texas, JP's Peace, Love & Happiness Foundation, Diamond Docs
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elon Musk as Self
- Jane Goodall as Self
- Louie Psihoyos as Self
- Leilani Münter as Self
- Charles Hambleton as Self
- Heather Dawn Rally as Self
- Joel Sartore as Self
- Paul Hilton as Self
- Travis Threlkel as Self
- Christopher W. Clark as Self
- Shawn Heinrichs as Self
- John Veron as Former Chief Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Crew
- Louie Psihoyos - Director
- Mark Monroe - Writer
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