2024
Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
Australian Premiere.
All plastic breaks down to become microplastics then drifts in the air, floats in bodies of water and mixes with the earth. Acclaimed science journalist Ziya Tong interviews global scientists, confirming we are all becoming plastic!
Director
Ben Addelman
Ziya Tong
Runtime
83 Minutes
Country
Canada
Classification
All Ages
We are becoming plastic! Plastic microfibres are now in human placentas, in our brains and other organs.
A shockingly urgent documentary tackling the impact of plastic on our bodies and health. All plastic breaks down to become microplastics or plastic flakes which then drift in the air, float in bodies of water and mixes with the earth. Audiences are presented with the confronting proposition that humans and other species are becoming plastic, an invasion now beginning in placentas and invading organs and brain tissue.
Acclaimed author and science journalist Ziya Tong visits scientists from across the globe to get the measure of this invasion. Ziya also uses her own house and body to test for micro-plastics. Along with award-winning documentary and television director, Ben Addeleman, she makes an impassioned call to action to change our relationship to plastic.
Working the invasion metaphor, the film also uses wonderful archival footage, to trace the arrival of plastic into society, as a new miracle material. Its ubiquitousness now also fueling an expansion in demand for oil.
A shockingly urgent documentary tackling the impact of plastic on our bodies and health. All plastic breaks down to become microplastics or plastic flakes which then drift in the air, float in bodies of water and mixes with the earth. Audiences are presented with the confronting proposition that humans and other species are becoming plastic, an invasion now beginning in placentas and invading organs and brain tissue.
Acclaimed author and science journalist Ziya Tong visits scientists from across the globe to get the measure of this invasion. Ziya also uses her own house and body to test for micro-plastics. Along with award-winning documentary and television director, Ben Addeleman, she makes an impassioned call to action to change our relationship to plastic.
Working the invasion metaphor, the film also uses wonderful archival footage, to trace the arrival of plastic into society, as a new miracle material. Its ubiquitousness now also fueling an expansion in demand for oil.
“Plastic People is one of those essential state-of-our-world documentaries.”
Variety
Sheffield, DOXA
Film Credits
Director
Ben Addelman & Ziya Tong
Year
2024
Country
Canada
Language
English
Type
Documentary & Feature
Program Strand
Change Award & World Documentary
Producer
Vanessa Dylyn & Stephen Paniccia
Writer
Ben Addelman
Cinematographer
Roger Singh
Editor
Ania Smolenskaia
Music
Justin Small & Ohad Benchetrit
Film Source
Rainmaker Content
Genre
Documentary, Educational & Environmental
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Sunday 27 Oct 2024
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