Chasing Coral.
The Emmy-winning Netflix documentary that exposed the underwater catastrophe hiding in plain sight.
The Film
A story that changed everything.
Chasing Coral follows Richard Vevers and a team of divers, photographers, and scientists on an underwater mission to document the disappearance of coral reefs around the world — and to tell that story to the world before it's too late.
Richard Vevers conceived of Chasing Coral after years of photographing coral reefs and discovering a crisis the world simply wasn't seeing. He partnered with director Jeff Orlowski to create a film that would bring these invisible disasters to the surface.
The result premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017, winning the Audience Award for US Documentary. Netflix acquired it and released it globally in July 2017. It went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Documentary and the Peabody Award — two of the highest honors in documentary filmmaking.
The film reached over 100 million viewers on Netflix and is credited with bringing coral bleaching into mainstream global consciousness. Richard has presented Chasing Coral with Q&A screenings to the US Congress, UN Climate Conferences COP21 and COP27, Google Headquarters, NASA's JPL, and universities, film festivals and other events around the world.
From the Film
Stills from the expedition.
Awards
Recognition.
Wins and selected nominations for Chasing Coral.
In the Press
Selected coverage.
Take a Google Seaview Tour of the World's Stunning Coral Reefs
Chasing Coral — review
TIME — Coral feature
Mike Bloomberg's New Frontier for Fighting Climate Change: Coral Reefs
Adobe and Pantone are working to save coral reefs
Q&A: Former Ad Exec Behind Chasing Coral Says the Ad World Can Help Solve Climate Change