Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
Catalogue Number: WPP001
Producer: White Pine Pictures
Producers: Dylyn, Vanessa and Paniccia, Stephen
Directors: Addelman, Ben
Producing Agencies: White Pine Pictures
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Consumer Studies, Documentary, Environmental Studies, Global Issues, Global Studies, Health and Medicine, Science, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2024
Running Time: 81:01
The award-winning feature documentary Plastic People investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Almost every bit of plastic ever made breaks down into “microplastics.” These microscopic particles drift in the air, float in all bodies of water, and mix into the soil, becoming a permanent part of the environment.
Now, leading scientists are finding these particles in our bodies: organs, blood, brain tissue, and even the placentas of new mothers. What is the impact of these invisible invaders on our health? And can anything be done about it?
Acclaimed author and science journalist Ziya Tong takes a personal approach by visiting leading scientists around the world and undergoing experiments in her home, on her food, and her body while collaborating with award-winning director Ben Addelman (Discordia, Bombay Calling, Nollywood Babylon, Kivalina v. Exxon) in an urgent call to action for all of us to rethink our relationship with plastic.
** This film is currently only available for one time screenings. **
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