write about one of the other two films that you considered nominating for the Applied Plant Ecology film festival, and explain why and how it relates to Applied Plant Ecology.

Movie name: Racing Extinction

Movies are a most powerful and watchable form of media, if uses correctly, they can have a huge impact on the public. Racing Extinction is of a kind movie, directed by the famous director “Louie Psihoyos”, and written by Mark Monroe. It documents the ongoing anthropogenic mass extinction of species on the planet.

The main plot of the movie is scientists predicted that by the end of the century, we will lose half of the biodiversity on the planet. Which will cause the sixth major mass extinction in planet earth’s history. This era is called as Age of Man because the evidence shows that humanity has sparked this catastrophic loss and we are the only ones who might stop that. This documentary features the example of overpopulation, anima agriculture, deforestation, and globalization will be the leading cause of 6th extinction. This movie also exposes the wildlife trafficking, illegal hunting of endangered species and highlights the black market for shark fin in China, which claims the lives of almost 2 million sharks every year. This movie highlight how human activities are changing the geochemistry structure of the planet. The movie acknowledges that large-scale geological changes are not simple problems to solve but it encourages people to find a way to help alleviate the problem.