Plastic People is an award-winning 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. Winner of the Environmental Award at the Hamptons Doc Fest and the Jury Prize at the Filme für die Erde Festival in Switzerland (plasticpeopledoc.com). A discussion will follow with Dr. Philip Landrigan.
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc is a pediatrician and epidemiologist, board-certified in the specialties of pediatrics, general preventive medicine, and occupational & environmental medicine. He is a Professor at Boston College, where he directs the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good and the Global Observatory on Planetary Health.
Film runs for 84 mins. Director: Ben Addelman, Co-Director & Science Journalist: Ziya Tong
Attendance is on a first-come basis.
Presented in partnership with Climate Action Team – First Parish in Lexington UU, LexCAN, LexZeroWaste, the Lexington Venue and Cary Memorial Library.
“Plastic People” Film Screening
Posted: April 29, 2025 by Janet Kern
Join us for a screening of the “Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics”.
Tues., April 29
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Lexington Venue
1794 Mass. Ave
Plastic People is an award-winning 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. Winner of the Environmental Award at the Hamptons Doc Fest and the Jury Prize at the Filme für die Erde Festival in Switzerland (plasticpeopledoc.com). A discussion will follow with Dr. Philip Landrigan.
Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc is a pediatrician and epidemiologist, board-certified in the specialties of pediatrics, general preventive medicine, and occupational & environmental medicine. He is a Professor at Boston College, where he directs the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good and the Global Observatory on Planetary Health.
Film runs for 84 mins. Director: Ben Addelman, Co-Director & Science Journalist: Ziya Tong
Attendance is on a first-come basis.
Presented in partnership with Climate Action Team – First Parish in Lexington UU, LexCAN, LexZeroWaste, the Lexington Venue and Cary Memorial Library.
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