Grand Jury Award - Greenpoint Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary Film - Eko International Film Festival
Best Documentary - Amateur Category (over 40 minutes), Raw Science Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary Film - Audience Choice, Providence Children’s Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Award - Youth Jury, Children’s Film Festival Seattle
Best Solution Award, Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Art Festival
Peggy Charred Award for Excellence, Boston International Kids Film Festival
The story of 56 fifth graders from Public School 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, living in the frontline of the climate crisis. Their actions on plastic pollution morph into extraordinary leadership and scalable victories. With stop-motion animation, heartfelt kid commentary, and interviews of experts and renowned scientists who are engaged in the most cutting-edge research on the harmful effects of microplastics, this alarming, yet charming narrative, conveys an urgent message in user-friendly terms.
- Year2019
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAtsuko Quirk, Debby Lee Cohen
- ProducerAtsuko Quirk, Debby Lee Cohen
- EditorAtsuko Quirk
Grand Jury Award - Greenpoint Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary Film - Eko International Film Festival
Best Documentary - Amateur Category (over 40 minutes), Raw Science Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary Film - Audience Choice, Providence Children’s Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature Award - Youth Jury, Children’s Film Festival Seattle
Best Solution Award, Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Art Festival
Peggy Charred Award for Excellence, Boston International Kids Film Festival
The story of 56 fifth graders from Public School 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, living in the frontline of the climate crisis. Their actions on plastic pollution morph into extraordinary leadership and scalable victories. With stop-motion animation, heartfelt kid commentary, and interviews of experts and renowned scientists who are engaged in the most cutting-edge research on the harmful effects of microplastics, this alarming, yet charming narrative, conveys an urgent message in user-friendly terms.
- Year2019
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAtsuko Quirk, Debby Lee Cohen
- ProducerAtsuko Quirk, Debby Lee Cohen
- EditorAtsuko Quirk