Summary
Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called "coral bleaching" -- a sign of mass coral death -- has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+14)
Critics 93Audiences 79GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer100%
Metascore86
Audience score89%
IMDb8.0
Letterboxd · 7 K ratings3.9/5
User score6.9
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9693Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2017
March 16, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Directing · 1
- Jeff Orlowski Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Writing · 2
- Davis Coombe Writer, Editor
- Vickie Curtis Writer
Production · 2
- Larissa Rhodes Producer
- Richard Fitzpatrick Production Consultant
Camera · 3
- Andrew Ackerman Director of Photography
- Kate Reid Camera Operator
- Larkin Carey Aerial Camera, Underwater Camera
Sound · 2
- Dan Romer Original Music Composer
- Saul Simon MacWilliams Original Music Composer
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