Plastic People film coming to Bayfield
7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Plastic People documentary film coming to Bayfield in October 2024
Documentary film crew captured footage in communities along and near Lake Huron's southeast shore
Residents living along Lake Huron's southeast shore, including citizens from Bayfield and area and students from the South Huron area, are among the people who were interviewed for a new documentary film about plastic pollution.
The documentary, Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics, is being shown at Bayfield Town Hall, along Lake Huron's southeast shore, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10.
Tickets may be purchased at the Village Bookshop or reserved by contacting Ray Letheren by email at letherenray@gmail.com
Profits from this event will be donated to Bayfield Food Bank.
The film screening is hosted by Blue Bayfield.
The documentary is produced by White Pine Pictures and it is directed by Ben Addelman.
The film had its world première showing, in March of 2024, in Austin, Texas at the South by Southwest (SXSW) 2024 film festival.
A trailer for the documentary can be viewed on YouTube.
The Plastic People documentary website writes that:
"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?"
Owen Gleiberman, of Variety, writes that Plastic People is " ... one of those essential state-of-our-world documentaries.”
To find out more, please read the article from Blue Bayfield:
Learn more on the web page for Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics.