On 11th January 2017, Barbados launched the inaugural Barbados Independent Film Festival where the screening of A Plastic Ocean was featured. Many other films were screened during this unique festival throughout the following week.
The LA premiere of A Plastic Ocean, on January 17, proved to be a resounding success. We had a great turnout at the Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts Theater, in Beverly Hills, which included a reception before the screening and an invigorating panel discussion that included:
We are honored to have had our award-winning documentary film ‘A Plastic Ocean’ recently reviewed in the Lancet. This UK-based publication is one of the oldest and most prestigious medical journals in the world. The review was published in the November 12 edition and was written by Dr. Samuel S. Myers, Director of the Planetary Health Alliance, and a Senior Research Scientist at Harvard University. Here’s a short excerpt:
By Sophia Latorre-Zangierski, Contributing Plastic Oceans Author
“What can I do?” – The question a lot of us ask when we learn about the plastic problem.
Sometimes it takes a small community far away to remind us of what we can realistically do to make a difference. After a screening of A Plastic Ocean, sponsored by Manan Trust and the Island Foundation, a local school in Singapore is making bold steps towards real change.
We are pleased to offer this brief interview with Craig Leeson, director of our award-winning documentary A Plastic Ocean. Craig is a fourth generation media professional, having worked in print, radio, television and film. He has produced award-winning results for such media outlets as CNN, National Geographic Channel and the BBC. He plays in a rock and roll band, surfs the waves of the world and is self-professed addict of macadamia nuts.
We are honored to have recently received a statement of support from iconic thought leader, Professor Noam Chomsky, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In 2014 the State of California passed the United State’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags. Obviously, a major victory for all of us working so hard to eradicate our human addiction to single-use plastic. Well, not so fast. Big Plastic is at it again, this time spending millions of dollars to reverse the ban before it becomes law.
We are the Plastic Generation. This material is in all aspects of our daily lives. We use plastic because of its qualities – flexible, durable, in packaging protecting food and consumer products, as components in all our household goods and cars.