In the fight against climate change, we may have overlooked one of nature’s most simple solutions.
Documentary broadcasting on CNN Films in 2024
Told through the eyes of Grammy-nominated music producer, DJ and marine toxicologist, Jayda Guy, accompanied by a score from the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and featuring Seu Jorge, Blue Carbon is an environmental documentary that brings together music and science to uncover why listening to nature, and to each other, is key for averting climate catastrophe.
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Grammy-nominated Music Producer, DJ & Marine Biologist
“Blue Carbon is so important but people know so little about it - I want it to be as well known as the Amazon rainforest. It has such potential to help us combat climate change, as long as we listen to and learn from the stories of people working to protect Blue Carbon. It’s made me hopeful about our future and has helped me feel more connected with mother nature. I hope that when people watch this film they feel the same way.”
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Emmy and Bafta winning Director
“In this film we are bringing together opposites — dance music and nature, or clubbing and conservation — with the aim of bringing new hope to new audiences. Crucially, the film raises the voices of people — as well as the ecosystems — that sit on the front lines of the climate and biodiversity crisis. It is time to listen to what they say!”
Filmed in the USA, Senegal, Vietnam, France, Colombia and Brazil, the documentary explores the relatively newly-discovered potential of oceans to absorb much more carbon from the atmosphere than even tropical rainforests. This "Blue Carbon" as scientists are now calling it, can be found in salt-marshes, sea-grasses and mangroves, and are becoming increasingly attractive investments for big corporations looking to offset their emissions through carbon credit schemes. This documentary urges us to take stock of nature’s true value by listening to and learning from the communities on the front lines of climate change.
Punctuated with stunning encounters with the natural world - such as the Florida manatee, humpback whales and the American crocodile - and uncovering the unlikely, local communities at the heart of conservation, the film provides a much-needed ray of hope in troubling times.
Blue Carbon in the news
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Rolling Stone
Sounds of the Earth: Jayda G and Louis VI on climate activism and how to achieve change
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British Vogue
Amongst The Climate Gloom, Jayda G Tells A Rare Story Of Hope
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The Guardian
The summer of green music festivals
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“The Human Spirit Is Incredibly Resilient” – the DJ and activist talks to Kelly Washington about her new documentary, and staying positive in the face of climate adversity
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10 Magazine
Jayda G On Her New Climate-Focused Documentary ‘Blue Carbon’
