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blue carbon flying knights
From award-winning Director, Nicolas Brown and In less than fifty years, aviation went from flying
Executive Produced by Oscar-nominated director, objects made of wood and fabric to weapons of
Fernando Meirelles, ‘Blue Carbon’ unpacks the war! Who were the first fighter pilots in history? How
science around the ocean’s ability to absorb did their planes evolve during the two world wars?
significantly more carbon from the atmosphere than Embark on a journey of technological advances,
trees on the land. Filmed across a year in Colombia, foolish bets, courage, and sacrifice. More than a
Brazil, Vietnam, USA, France, and Senegal, blue simple history of aviation, this series will tell the story
carbon may be the most effective weapon to battle of the ‘Flying Knights’, aviators without whom these
climate change, but these vital ecosystems are also machines would remain inanimate objects, deprived
disappearing by the day. Told through the eyes of of their chance to soar through the sky.
Grammy-nominated DJ and marine biologist Jayda
G, this is a visual tour de force.
genre: science / environmental / feature doc genre: science
format: 1 x 90’ / 4K / 2023 format: 4 x 60’ / 4K / 2023
credits: Make Waves Media credits: INA
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