The Grammy-nominated Canadian producer/DJ hosts Blue Carbon, a film where music and climate activism meet.

The Grammy-nominated Canadian producer/DJ hosts Blue Carbon, a film where music and climate activism meet

To her fans, DJ and music producer Jayda Guy is the Grammy-nominated artist spinning propulsive dance beats at some of the world’s biggest festivals. But in a new documentary, Guy returns to her “nerdy” roots as a marine scientist — bringing viewers on a journey to explore one of nature's most potent climate allies: blue carbon.

Scott Feinberg lists Blue Carbon: Nature's Hidden Power as a film with "Exceptional Merit" 

For a conversation that’s been little but doom and gloom for years at this point, a new angle is exactly what we need to keep climate change front of mind for the future.

CNN Films embarks on an international adventure to find nature-based solutions for a warming planet in Blue Carbon: Nature’s Hidden Power from MakeWaves and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios. Starring Grammy® nominated DJ and marine toxicologist Jayda G and featuring the music of Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA.

A ‘NOVA’ presentation on PBS follows scientists’ quest—often in icy locales—to find ancient genetic material, which has revealed evidence of flora and fauna from millions of years ago.

New one-hour film documents major breakthroughs in discovering ancient DNA and how these genes can unlock ancient secrets about life on our planet. 

Shorebirds fly thousands of miles each year along ancient and largely unknown migratory routes called Flyways. More than 200 species, such as Far Eastern Curlews, Lesser Yellowlegs, Red Knots and Hudsonian Godwits, travel from feeding grounds in the southern hemisphere to breeding grounds in the Arctic and back again, flying up to nine days non-stop without food or water.

Met Film Sales has acquired international rights to David Allen’s nature documentary Wilding, which it will introduce to buyers at next week’s European Film Market.