Documentary on carbon removal Legion 44 starts streaming worldwide

Legion 44, a new documentary from Leila Conners and Tree Media, is now available on Tree+, Apple TV and Amazon as Climate Week gets underway in New York. The film spotlights engineers and scientists trying to remove carbon from the atmosphere and turn it back into durable forms, framing carbon removal as a practical climate tool.

Why it matters: - Legion 44 puts carbon removal in front of a broader public at a moment when climate leaders are looking for solutions that can scale. - The film argues that keeping carbon in stone, seawater, biochar and durable materials could help move human industry back inside the Earth’s carbon cycle. - Tree+ directs a portion of every membership to impact carbon dioxide removal, tying the film’s release to the market it examines.

What happened: - Legion 44 is now streaming worldwide on Tree+, Apple TV and Amazon. - The documentary is from director Leila Conners and Tree Media. - The release lands as attention shifts to New York for Climate Week. - The film is narrated by Walton Goggins. - Legion 44 is Conners’s fifth documentary feature.

The details: - The film was produced by Leila Conners, Mathew Schmid, Paulina Villalonga and Fabian Nilsson. - Harun Mehmedinovic handled cinematography. - Marc Streitenfeld composed the original score. - Sun Creature created the animation. - The documentary follows young engineers, scientists and founders working on carbon removal, including many based in the Global South. - Filming took place across five continents. - The story visits the Hajar mountains of Oman, where CO is turned to stone. - The film goes to Kenya’s Rift Valley, where direct air capture runs on geothermal power. - Other locations include Tuvalu, the southern Sahara and the sargassum-rich seas of St. Vincent. - Legion 44 presents carbon removal as a practical tool rather than a political argument. - The film traces a shift from a linear industrial model of extract, burn and release to a closed-loop model that captures and stores carbon. - The documentary shows carbon being locked into stone, seawater, biochar and durable materials. - The film has screened in Paris, Singapore, Nairobi, Stanford and New York since its premiere. - It has been selected by the Yellow Springs Film Festival and the Colorado Environmental Film Festival, among others. - Legion 44 has also been named a Cinema for Peace Green nominee. - The Tree+ release page is watch.treemedia.com and the soundtrack is on Spotify.

Between the lines: - The film is aimed as much at decision-makers as at general audiences, with screenings for policymakers, investors and industry leaders. - The filmmakers say audiences have often started with doubts about whether carbon removal is real or ready and left with a clearer view of how the technologies work. - That suggests the documentary is trying to move the conversation from climate urgency to deployment. - The emphasis on the Global South and on real-world project sites gives the film a solutions-first framing rather than a debate over emissions policy.

What's next: - The documentary’s distribution on major streaming platforms should broaden access beyond climate-event audiences. - Tree+ members will continue channeling part of their subscriptions toward carbon dioxide removal impact. - The film’s festival and screening history suggests it may keep circulating with policymakers, investors and sustainability groups.

The bottom line: - Legion 44 is positioning carbon removal as an operational climate strategy, not a future concept, and it is now available to stream globally.