Movies on Mainstreet:
PLASTIC PEOPLE: THE HIDDEN CRISIS OF MICROPLASTICS (2024, dir. Ben Addelman, 1hr24m)
Screening and panel discussion with Jill Berman of Columbia County Reduces Waste; Amelia Legare, owner of The O Zone & Flower Power; Rev. Kathryn Beilke, Development Manager at Beyond Plastics; and moderated by Director of Community Partnerships and Training at Beyond Plastics, Rebecca Martin.
Free, reservations recommended
“Plastic People is one of those essential state-of-our-world documentaries.” – Variety
Named one of Variety’s Best Documentaries of 2024 and screened in collaboration with Beyond Plastics and Columbia County Reduces Waste–Bring Your Own (CCRW–BYO), Plastic People investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics to human health. Acclaimed author and science journalist Ziya Tong visits leading scientists around the world and puts her own home, food, and body under the microscope in this illuminating and urgent call to action.
About Beyond Plastics
Launched in January 2019, Beyond Plastics is a nationwide project based at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont, that pairs the wisdom and experience of environmental policy experts with the energy and creativity of grassroots activists to build a vibrant and effective anti-plastics movement. Our mission is to end plastic pollution by being a catalyst for change at every level of our society. We use our deep policy and advocacy expertise to build a well-informed, effective movement seeking to achieve the institutional, economic, and societal changes needed to save our planet – and ourselves – from the plastic pollution crisis.
About Columbia County Reduces Waste—Bring Your Own (CCRW—BYO)
Columbia County Reduces Waste’s mission is to encourage consumers and businesses to address waste reduction together. Its goal is to make Bring Your Own Container (BYO) a cultural norm of Columbia County to minimize the use of harmful single-use items.
About The O Zone & Flower Power
The O Zone is a low-waste sustainability center in Red Hook, New York, featuring a plastic-free, bulk-refill marketplace, a community composting service and a learning center. Flower Power is a native plant nursery offering straight native perennial, shrub, and tree species. Their goal is to reduce plastic waste within the gardening industry, provide the best possible plant species for enhancing biodiversity, and support habitats for our many at-risk pollinators.
Special thanks to the following for their support
Hudson Hall’s programs are made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts
This project has been supported by a grant from the Fund for Columbia County, a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
Additional support for Hudson Hall Community Art Programs include The Dyson Foundation, Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, Children’s Foundation of Columbia County, and the Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation