Racing Extinction

Speaker:

Discussion with Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos

27 Oct 2015

8:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

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Louie Psihoyos won an Academy Award for his documentary The Cove, and his new documentary, Racing Extinction, premiered at Sundance in 2015. Psihoyos is widely regarded as one of the world's most prominent still photographers. He has circled the globe for National Geographic and shot hundreds of covers for other magazines, including Fortune Magazine, Smithsonian, Time and Sports Illustrated. He is also the founder and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS), a non-profit organization that creates film, photography and media inspiring people to save the oceans. In Racing Extinction, Psihoyos joins forces with activists, scientists, nature photographers and cutting-edge inventors to draw attention to the dangers we face. While covert operations reveal the horrific black-market trade in endangered aquatic species, the film's broader lens uncovers the even more disastrous consequences of human activity. Part of the World Affairs Series: Redefining Global Security

[b]Watch the trailer & join the race at [url=http://www.racingextinction.com/]racingextinction.com[/url][/b] [b][url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/movies/illuminating-the-plight-of-endangered-species-at-the-empire-state-building.html?_r=0]Illuminating the Plight of Endangered Species, at the Empire State Building[/url] [i]New York Times[/i] | July 29, 2015[/b] Artists Louie Psihoyos and Travis Threlkel projected digital images of endangered species onto the Empire State Building in an event meant to draw attention to the creatures’ plight.