The strike price, or the production price as it is sometimes referred, is the amount that the completion guarantor believes will be needed in order to complete and deliver the film. Film reveals crisis, offers solutions posted on february 27, 2017 in 2009, film producer jo ruxton joined an expedition to the great pacific garbage patch in the north pacific gyre, 1500 miles off the coast of san francisco. A plastic ocean is an adventure documentary shot on more than 20 locations over. In partnership with sydney ideas, the sydney environment institute will be screening the fulllength film a plastic ocean. Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into. Sea shepherd australia is hosting the victorian premiere of a film david attenborough has described as one of the most important films of our time. A plastic ocean film 2017 website facebook 3 photos. A plastic ocean by craig leeson a plastic ocean is a documentary film, directed by the australian journalist craig leeson. Images from the film a plastic ocean are reproduced with permission of plastic oceans. Australian journalist craig leesons groundbreaking. Jan 10, 2017 a plastic ocean is a new featurelength adventure documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. Nj premier of the international film with solutionsbased keynote discussion clean ocean action and the monmouth university urban coast institute will present the award winning documentary, a plastic ocean.
Nov 07, 2017 published on nov 7, 2017 a plastic ocean begins when journalist craig leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. Filmed in 20 locations and four years in production, it features an international team of adventurers, researchers and ocean ambassadors on a global mission to uncover the truth about plastic. A plastic ocean grabs your attention immediately, with what might be one of the greatest horror reveals in cinema. Watch a plastic ocean online vimeo on demand on vimeo.
Plastic oceans a film to save our ocean startsomegood. Articles june evenings at whitney movie a plastic ocean. A plastic ocean the film making oceans plastic free. Dirty beaches, parks full of rubbish, useless plastic packaging. As a physical oceanographer, i know that the major ocean basins have gyre circulations at midlatitude. On july 3, international plastic bag free day, plastic oceans chile, in close collaboration with the municipality of providencias environmental commission, held the first screening of a a plastic ocean in chile.
The film was made in 20, but is undergoing a rerelease, likely due to the fact that this topic has become much more popular over the past few months and years. Sep 18, 2012 given the fact that plastic takes so long to break down, it should come as no surprise that this problem is still getting worse by the year, despite decades of effort to reduce the sources of pollution. A plastic ocean is a new awardwinning feature length documentary brought to you by a group of dedicated scientists, film makers, social entrepreneurs, scholars, environmentalists and journalists, that explores the fragile state of our oceans and uncovers alarming truths about the consequences of our disposable lifestyle a plastic ocean documents the global effects of plastic pollution and. The awardwinning film, created by the global network plastic oceans, aims to change the worlds attitude toward plastic within one generation, by raising awareness of the global problem. Mar 18, 2017 last night, my husband and i saw a plastic ocean on itunes. A plastic ocean film screening at the sun valley wellness festival at 7 pm with a. This plastic also finds its way into our food chain. The film offers concrete suggestions to help reduce the amount of plastic that is found in the ocean. A plastic ocean screening with producer adam leipzig. Plastic production is using vast amounts of precious oil reserves approximately 8% the amount used by the whole of africa, and almost half of the plastic we use is used just once and then thrown away. Jan 09, 2017 a plastic ocean adventure documentary brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle.
A plastic ocean jacksonville florida north florida culture. The turnout was overwhelming with almost attending. In this adventure documentary, craig teams up with free diver tanya streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, and they travel to. May 2, 2017 middletown bans plastic bags after screening a plastic ocean. It was filmed in twenty locationsincluding hong kongover the course of four years. More than 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into. Described as one of the most important films of our time by sir david attenborough, a plastic ocean 2016 is a powerful look at the fragile state of our oceans. A multidisciplinary quest by the plastic ocean foundation to document and explain the scope and scale of the problem. Monthly number of news items extracted from emm since january 2017 jrc. Opening on rare footage of blue whales in their natural habitat, the camera pans right, into a floating whirl of oil and rubbish laying bare the devastating impact humanitys overreliance on plastic has had on the worlds seas. The film a plastic ocean begins when journalist craig leeson, in search of the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should.
A plastic ocean is a documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. Feb 07, 2017 the royal geographical society is pleased to present a film screening a plastic ocean introduced by craig leeson, the director of the film. What did catch your attention during your holidays. The impact on wildlife, the environment, and the harm to human health are only now becoming clear. A plastic ocean is a documentary film directed by the australian journalist craig leeson. The shocking truth, a documentary film looking at the spread of plastic pollution and its longrange effects on the environment, maritime life and humans was shown last saturday evening at the ship bottom firehouse. The ioffs international student film competition sfc gives middle school and high school students from around the world a chance to demonstrate their filmmaking skills and tell their ocean stories. Mar 23, 2017 a plastic ocean is a documentary film directed by the australian journalist craig leeson. The last glaciers delves into one of the earths most pressing crises. Mar 07, 2017 plastic is manmade, and they discovered that it has created longlasting and devastating destruction on the ocean and the life within it, from fish to whales and even shore birds. A plastic ocean documentary feature film 90 mins doors open 18. What makes the ocean plastic so hard to track is the fact that it doesnt remain in the form of things like bottles, lighters and bags. A plastic ocean the film posted on january 26, 2017 february 14, 2017 by roger you might not care, even if you know, but you cant care if you dont know dr. Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the worlds oceans.
And nevertheless 40 deeply moved people filled with consternation after our screening of a plastic ccean this evening, somewhere in a small town somewhere in bavaria. A plastic ocean is the result of four years investigative filmmaking. At the close of the session participants completed a final questionnaire which. Already heard, already seen, already read about it. April 15, 2017 a hardhitting journey across the world. A plastic ocean the science behind the film plastic oceans uk. A plastic ocean is a documentary four years in the making that shows the crisis facing our oceans because of our disposable lifestyle. A lot of already well known information about plastic and mi. However, a plastic ocean manages to carve a niche in the environmental documentary genre.
The film shows how irresponsible corporations and communities have been destroying our environment systematically by the rampant and continuous use of plastics. Student film competition the 9th annual student film competition. Now, the director of a plastic ocean, craig leeson, and plastic oceans. A the plastic oceans foundation has assembled a team of the worlds top scientists and leading filmmakers to produce a plastic ocean, a highend documentary feature film which gives a global perspective on the issue of plastic waste in our oceans. After a couple of years of various tests they deployed their first fullscale prototy. Published on nov 7, 2017 a plastic ocean begins when journalist craig leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. In this adventure documentary, craig teams up with free diver tanya streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, and they travel to twenty locations around. A plastic ocean documents the newest science, proving how plastics, once they enter the oceans, break up into small particulates that enter the food chain where they attract toxins like a magnet. We thought we could use plastic once and throw it away with negligible impact to humans and animals. Im not one to dwell on history i try to be as present as possible, but 2017 was a. The ocean cleanup is a nongovernment engineering environmental organization based in the netherlands, that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans. New adventure documentary a plastic ocean premieres january. In this adventure documentary, craig teams up with free diver tanya streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, and they travel to twenty locations around the world over the next four years to explore the fragile state of our. In the center of the pacific ocean gyre our researchers found more plastic than plankton.
United nations plastic both a wonderful invention and a scourge on our planet. The film, a plastic ocean, helped contribute to the global debate, change. Student film competition international ocean film festival. Most is never recycled and remains on our land and in our seas. Film screenings archives plastic oceans international. We have locked picture and will have the film completed in a matter of weeks. A plastic ocean shows us a world awash with rubbish. An international team of adventurers, researchers, and ocean ambassadors go on a. A plastic ocean is a new featurelength environmental documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. A plastic ocean is a new featurelength adventure documentary that brings to light the consequences of our global disposable lifestyle. Students from all over the world had an opportunity to discuss and seek out solutions to the environmental and humanitarian issues in our world today.
The top three winners in each category of middle school and high school compete for cash prizes. At the conclusion of the showing, a panel of experts will share their thoughts and takeaways and take question and answers from the audience. What starts off as an adventure to film the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, leads to the shocking discovery. With david attenborough, sylvia earle, ben fogle, craig leeson. It dives into and investigates the devastating impacts that plastic has caused to our environment, especially our marine life. Through their 2017 documentary, the cinematic feature film a plastic ocean. I found out about boyan slat and his ocean cleanup project when i had already completed my thesis. A plastic ocean filmed in 20 locations around the world in beautiful and chilling detail, a plastic ocean documents the global effects of plastic pollution, and introduces workable technology and policy solutions that can, if implemented in time, change things for the better.
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