Carbon Copy: A Climate Narrative Pitch Competition
Carbon Copy is a bold new pitch competition calling for original narrative ideas that embed climate themes into rich, character-driven storytelling. Created in partnership between Documentaries Don’t Work and the Climate Film Festival, this initiative reimagines how we talk about the climate crisis—through stories that entertain, resonate, and ignite. By weaving climate communications into entertaining narratives that prioritize emotional connection and commercial appeal, we can reach audiences that conventional approaches miss.
Featured Jury
Rick Davis - Co-founder & Managing Partner, LOHAS
Juliette Richey - Chief Operating Officer at Picture Motion
Kim Steele - Founder, Documentaries Don't Work
Craig Williams - Founder, Red Wall Productions
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. - President & CEO, Hip Hop Caucus
Documentaries Don't Work is a revolutionary media studio transforming the landscape of climate action through narrative storytelling. Their mission is to create engaging content that drives measurable change by prioritizing entertainment value without sacrificing impact. The average person can’t name a climate documentary, but everyone can name their favorite film.
Jury Bios
Rick Davis - Co-founder & Managing Partner, LOHAS
With extensive experience in the social and environmental impact sectors serving in strategy, business development, company funding, and project financing roles, Rick’s professional career spans legal, technology, financial, and entrepreneurial pursuits, with leadership roles in private, venture-backed, and publicly traded companies advising Fortune 500 CEOs, sustainable project developers, social entrepreneurs, fund managers, entertainment producers, and governments around the world.
As Managing Partner of LOHAS, Rick provides capital activation solutions to socially and environmentally impactful funds, companies, projects, and entertainment productions as well as investors, donors, and foundation grantmakers, delivering structures and strategies that help convert philanthropic contributions into tax-advantaged impact investments.
Specifically, social and environmental impact company and project leaders, fund managers, and entertainment producers looking for alternative fundraising strategies may benefit from Rick’s guidance when trying to tap into the hundreds of billions of dollars in donor-advised funds and family and corporate foundation grant funds (in the U.S. alone). He also advises individual and family donors and foundation program officers on rethinking how they can use their charitable contributions to support social entrepreneurs and other for-profit change-makers, helping to unlock philanthropic funding to invest impactfully alongside private capital.
Juliette Richey - Chief Operating Officer at Picture Motion
With over 15 years of experience in production and entertainment marketing, she has built a career at the intersection of storytelling and social change developing campaigns that mobilize audiences and drive lasting impact. At Picture Motion, Juliette oversees operations, strategy, and campaign execution. The company has led more than 450+ impact campaigns across film, TV, books, and podcasts, working with studios, filmmakers, and organizations to turn content into action. Juliette has produced award-winning campaigns for the Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, Critics Choice Award-winning I Am Greta, and the Peabody Award-winning films The Territory and Aftershock. Named a 2024/25 DOC NYC Documentary New Leader, Juliette is recognized for her innovative, equity-focused approach to impact production and her work amplifying underrepresented voices. Prior to joining Picture Motion, she held roles at VICE Media, Tribeca Film Festival, Independent Feature Project, and The Creative Capital Foundation, where she led content and production efforts for campaigns supporting branded documentary content, social justice, climate action, and art education. Juliette’s work has earned Shorty and Anthem Awards for using media to advance change. She continues to shape the future of scripted and nonfiction storytelling by building movements around content that matters.
Kim Steele - Founder, Documentaries Don't Work
Kim is co-creator of Carbon Copy and founder of Documentaries Don’t Work, an impact media studio that produces exclusively narrative climate content. The average person can’t name a climate documentary, but everyone can name their favorite film.
Craig Williams - Founder, Red Wall Productions
A native New Yorker, Craig’s been an indie filmmaker for over 20 years. A writer/producer at Red Wall Productions, a film production company he founded with Rosalyn Coleman Williams, his wife and partner of 23 years, together they have created over 50 film projects. His journey landed him his first staff writing job on the hit TV show "TERROR LAKE DRIVE" on ALLBLK. Craig was part of the 2021 Warner Brothers Discovery All Access Writer’s Program. He has several projects in development, including a 1-hour mystery procedural called “The Connectors” and a feature film he wrote and will produce called “Black Boys Don't Sew,” which has Viola Davis attached as Executive Producer.
Craig is the Executive Director of the newly launched Men of Color Unite (MOCU), a social action non-profit organization that focuses on remedying the inequities that face Men of Color in today’s entertainment and media industries. He has led writing workshops and seminars at educational institutions and festivals around the country, including the Essence Film Festival in New Orleans, Antioch College, BRIC Media Makers in Brooklyn, and the Federation of Drama Schools. He has also taught writing for Film and TV at Wesleyan University, NYU, New York Film Academy, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He’s a mentor for The Craft Institute and for teen filmmakers at Reel Works Mentorship Program in Brooklyn.
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. - President & CEO, Hip Hop Caucus
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. is the President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus. Rev Yearwood is the host of the award-winning climate and environmental justice podcast The Coolest Show, Senior Advisor of Bloomberg Philanthropies Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign, and one of the most innovative advocates and strategists for racial justice and climate justice. He is a White House Champion of Change for Climate leadership and according to Rolling Stone he is a “New Green Hero.”
This event has limited capacity. Admission will be first come, first served — we encourage early arrival to guarantee your spot.
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