"Plastic People is one of those essential state-of-our-world documentaries."
– OWEN GLEIBERMAN Variety
WHAT IS PLASTIC PEOPLE?
Plastic People Synopsis
The ground-breaking 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.
Director
Ben Addelman
Co-Director & Science Journalist
Ziya Tong
Producers
Vanessa Dylyn Stephen Paniccia
Executive Producers
Peter Raymont
Rick Smith Steve Ord
OUR PARTNERS
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Park Foundation
The Dragonfly Fund
Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation
Echo Foundation
MakeWay Foundation
Metcalf Foundation
Houssian Foundation
Nona Macdonald Heaslip
Jennifer Ivey Bannock
Small Change Fund
TAKE ACTION TODAY
As part of the commitment to facilitate a conversation shift around this urgent health issue, Plastic People is developing an impact campaign in support of the film. Working closely with a number of partners, the impact team will execute a solution-based program that will include a number of events, education materials, as well as calls to action.
Plastic People is a landmark feature documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health.