Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens joins us to talk about his latest project "Racing Extinction" and his recurring role on "The Blacklist".  Tune in just after 7:00 on The Rocker Morning Show.

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Racing Extinction

Scientists predict that humanity’s footprint on the planet may cause the loss of 50% of all species by the end of the century. They believe we have entered the sixth major extinction in Earth’s history, following the fifth great extinction which took out the dinosaurs. Our era is called the Anthropocene, or “Age of Man,” because evidence shows that humanity has sparked a cataclysmic change of the world’s natural environment and animal life.  Yet, we are the only ones who can stop the change we have created.

The Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS), the group behind the Academy Award®-winning film THE COVE, is back with the new groundbreaking documentary RACING EXTINCTION. Joined by new innovators, OPS brings a voice to the thousands of species teetering on the very edge of life.

This highly charged, impassioned collective of activists is out to expose the two major threats to endangered wild species across the globe. The first comes from the international wildlife trade, and the bogus medicinal cures and tonics that are marketed to the public at the expense of creatures who have survived on this planet for millions of years. The second threat is all around us, hiding in plain sight. It is a hidden world of carbon emissions and acidified oceans that are incompatible with existing animal life. It is a world, revealed with state-of-the-art photographic technology, that oil and gas companies don’t want us to see.

Director Louie Psihoyos has crafted an ambitious mission to clearly and artfully pull into focus our impact on the planet, while inspiring us all to embrace the solutions that will ensure a thriving, biodiverse world for future generations.

FISHER STEVENS (Producer)

With over 30 years in the entertainment business, Fisher Stevens’ career has included an impressive range of diverse projects. As an actor, Stevens has appeared in over 40 Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including the Tony award-winning production of Torch Song Trilogy and Brighton Beach Memoirs. Some of his many film credits include Short Circuit 1 & 2, The Grand Budapest Hotel and the upcoming F2014. On television, Stevens was a series regular on Key West and Early Edition, with additional roles on Lost and Damages, among others.

Stevens co-founded the downtown NY theater company Naked Angels as well as GreeneStreet Films, where he made his film directorial debut (Just a Kiss) and produced over 15 films including the Academy Award-nominated In The Bedroom and the acclaimed documentary Once In A Lifetime. He went on to produce Crazy Love and Louie Psihoyos’ Academy Award®-winning documentary The Cove. In 2010, Stevens co-founded Insurgent Media, which has since completed multiple films, including Mission Blue about Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle. Stevens made his Broadway directorial debut with John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown, which he then directed for broadcast. He also directed the feature film Stand Up Guys and music videos for Jon Bon Jovi.

With a passion for utilizing the entertainment medium for social activism, Stevens directed Working the Darkside – a multimedia presentation featuring Rachel Maddow, which opened a dialogue on torture and war crimes. He also directed a United Nations Day Concert: A Tribute to Peacekeeping and the powerful film The War Against War, which takes an in-depth look at the U.N.’s peacekeeping missions around the globe.

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