In this well researched and compelling documentary, Austrian director Werner Boote challenges us to take a closer look at plastic. Its lightweight, easily shaped and economical benefits has made it an integral part of our daily life. However, plastic remains in the ground and water for up to 500 years, and while decaying, it slowly releases toxins that are harmful to us and to our environment.
Boote, grandson of a former managing director of the German Interplastic Werke, embarks on a journey of 12 countries to interview foremost plastic experts and address the environmental, scientific, manufacturing, and regulatory issues surrounding the world of plastic.
Among the included interviewees are: former president of PlasticsEurope, John Taylor, Italian investigative judge and current Senator of the Italian Parliament, Felice Casson, Beatrice Bortolozzo, daughter of Gabriele Bortolozzo, fatality victim in the trial against Montedison, environmental scientist Susan Jobling-Eastwood, a Japanese plastic sculptor, Hiroshi Sagae, the renowned geneticist at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, Patricia Hunt, pharmacologist and cell biophysicist at the University of Cincinnati, Scott Belcher, the president of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), Theo Colborn, biologist Fred Vom Saal, a prominent plastic surgeon in Hollywood, Frederick Corbin, Captain Charles Moore, hormone specialist, Peter Frigo, Austrian environmental analyst, Kurt Scheidl, the current vice-president of the European Commission of chemicals regulation, REACH, Margot Wallström, medical biologist in Innsbruck, Klaus Rhomberg, author, speaker, and lobbyist for PlasticsEurope, Ray Hammond, and German plasticization artist, Gunther Von Hagens.
Boote's voice-over narration, archival footage, and Peter Höhsl's awesome animation, effectively leaves the viewer informed and entertained.
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