Film Screening - "Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics" Register

Date and Time:
Sat, Apr 18, 2026; 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  (Eastern)

Organized By: MD Zero Waste Team

Event Organizers:
Martha Ainsworth
   martha.ainsworth@mdsierra.org

Join the Maryland Sierra Club and the Greenbelt Cinema for a screening of Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics, an 80-minute award-winning documentary from White Pine Pictures about plastic pollution and its impact on human health and the environment. 

The ground-breaking feature documentary investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Almost every bit of plastic ever made breaks down into “microplastics.” These microscopic particles drift in the air, float in all bodies of water, and mix into the soil, becoming a permanent part of the environment. Now, leading scientists are finding these particles in our bodies: organs, blood, brain tissue, and even the placentas of new mothers. What is the impact of these invisible invaders on our health? And can anything be done about it?

The screening will be held at the Greenbelt Cinema, 129 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770.  Doors open at 1:30 pm. The documentary will launch at 2 pm, followed by discussion of solutions by distinguished panelists and participants, including:

MODERATOR                      PANELIST
       
Gyazi Gomez                         Loni Matthew
Vice Chair                              Microplastics Researcher
Prince George's                   University of MD Center for
Sierra Club Group               Environmental Science

PANELIST                            PANELIST
       
Bente Cooney                      Christopher Williams
Founder, Board Member   President & CEO
Plastic Free QAC                 Anacostia Watershed Society
 

Cost: Free of charge

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