THE NEXT WAVE (2009) is a poignant short documentary that tells the story of the Carteret Islanders in the South Pacific, who are among the world’s first climate change refugees. Rising sea levels have begun to swallow their ancestral homeland, forcing them to seek relocation and adapt to an uncertain future. Directed and produced by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger, this 8-minute film captures the human side of climate change and the urgent need for global action. The film won the Jury Award at Media that Matters and served as a precursor to Redfearn’s feature-length documentary Sun Come Up.