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Feature film — 2014

Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (2014)

7.00h 46mDocumentary — TV Movie

It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least five times before. Cataclysms, such as supervolcanoes or asteroids, are thought to cause these events, but some experts believe a manmade mass extinction could be next. Is our planet in trouble? And if so, is there anything we can do to stop the next catastrophic annihilation? Experts are traveling the world, performing groundbreaking scientific detective work to answer these very questions.

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Director: Sarah Holt

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Cast & crew

Elizabeth Hadly as Self

Elizabeth Hadly

Self

Jeffrey Wright as Narrator (voice)

Jeffrey Wright

Narrator (voice)

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Kirk Johnson

Self

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