Limonero Films Acquires Environmental Documentary ‘Blue Carbon,’ Launching Sales At La Rochelle’s Sunny Side Of The Doc
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Limonero Films has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Blue Carbon, an innovative environmental-themed documentary produced by MAKE Waves Media that features the participation of Grammy-nominated music producer and DJ Jayda Guy, Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, and Brazilian musician Seu Jorge.
Limonero, based in London and Barcelona, will launch sales of the film at Sunny Side of the Doc, the world’s largest documentary-focused market, which kicks off today in La Rochelle, France.
Blue Carbon, directed by Emmy and BAFTA-winning filmmaker Nicolas Brown (The Serengeti Rules) and executive produced by Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles and Sarah Macdonald, premiered on CNN earlier this year. “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,” notes a description of the documentary. “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.” “Blue Carbon,” according to a synopsis, “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.” La Rochelle, the historic port on France’s Atlantic coast, is a particularly appropriate place to launch sales of Blue Carbon, given its seaside location. “I am beyond excited to be representing this amazing film,” said Pamela Martínez Martínez, founder and CEO of Limonero Films. “Our relationship with MAKE
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