Barbados
Barbados is leading a global charge to dismantle outdated financial systems that leave climate-vulnerable nations drowning in debt. Can Prime Minister Mia Mottley — and the Bridgetown Initiative — unlock trillions for the climate emergency?
Climate Blueprint: Barbados, the second film in the series, turns the camera to the front lines of global financial reform, where Barbados has emerged as an unlikely but formidable force in reshaping the world's response to the climate crisis. The film follows Barbados's bold challenge to the architecture of international development finance: institutions built for a different era, ill-equipped to serve nations whose debt spirals every time a hurricane hits or sea levels rise. At its center is the Bridgetown Initiative, championed by Prime Minister Mia Mottley — a proposal that has reframed the global conversation on climate finance and drawn the attention of world leaders and economists.
- Genre
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Filmed in
- Barbados
Credits
- Director
- Sarah Howard
- Producer
- Sarah Howard, Emily Wilkinson and Ben Merker
- Post Producer
- Ben Merker
- Original Music
- Sahil Bhatia
- Director of Photography
- Ben Merker
- Lead Camera Operator
- Liam Wahl
- Camera Operator
- Frederic Brehm
- Drone Operator
- Kiel King
- Photography
- Ben Merker
- Editor
- Beatriz Calleja
- Assistant Editor
- Frederic Brehm
- Colorist
- Mary Perrino
- Audio Engineer
- Sahil Bhatia
- Field Audio Technician
- Cian Fitzgerald
- Drone Operator
- Midas Productions
Awards and honours
- Winner Best Documentary Short, Albany Film Fest, 2023
- Official Selection, Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards, 2024
- Official Selection, Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, 2024
- Semi Finalist, San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival, 2024
With thanks to
Allyne School, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
Allyne School, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus