Chasing Coral

{{Short description|American documentary film highlighting the loss of coral habitats around the world}}

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| name = Chasing Coral

| image = Jeff Orlowski et al. (32870096216).jpg

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| caption = Chasing Coral - U.S. Documentary Audience Award at Sundance 2016

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| director = Jeff Orlowski

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Jeff Orlowski
• Larissa Rhodes

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| writer = {{Plainlist|

• Davis Coombe
• Vickie Curtis
• Jeff Orlowski

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| starring =

| narrator =

| music = {{Plainlist|

• Saul Simon MacWilliams
• Dan Romer

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| cinematography = {{Plainlist|

• Andrew Ackerman
• Jeff Orlowski

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| editing = Davis Coombe

| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

• Exposure Labs
• Argent Pictures
• Code Blue Foundation
• EarthSense Foundation
• The Kendeda Fund
• Sustainable Films

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| distributor = Netflix

| released ={{Film date|2017}}

| runtime = 93 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Chasing Coral is a 2017 American documentary film about a team of divers, scientists and photographers around the world who document the disappearance of coral reefs.{{cite web | title=Chasing Coral, film with UGA ties, wins Emmy | website=Odum School of Ecology | date=October 2, 2018 | url=http://www.ecology.uga.edu/chasing-coral-emmy/ | access-date=October 22, 2018}} Chasing Coral was produced by Exposure Labs and directed by Jeff Orlowski.{{cite news | last=Peters | first=Adele | title=Chasing Coral Shows The Tangible, Devastating Effects Of Our Warming Planet | website=Fast Company | date=April 9, 2018 | url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40552876/2018-world-changing-ideas-awards-winners-photography-visualization-chasing-coral | access-date=October 22, 2018}} It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released globally on Netflix as a Netflix Original Documentary in July 2017.{{cite web |title=Chasing Coral |url=https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/130963 |publisher=Netflix Media Center |accessdate=2017-09-21}} Jeff Orlowski has previously directed the movie Chasing Ice in 2012, which shares a similar plot to Chasing Coral.Orlowski, J. (2012). Chasing Ice. Submarine Deluxe.