The Plastic Country Film Screening with Hon Amanda Dorn MLC: Midland Junction Arts Centre
Description
THE PLASTIC COUNTRY — MIDLAND JUNCTION ARTS CENTRE SCREENING
Join us for a special screening of The Plastic Country at Midland Junction Arts Centre, hosted in partnership with Hon Amanda Dorn MLC.
The screening will bring the Midland community together to explore Australia's plastic-pollution crisis and the practical solutions needed to reduce waste, protect wildlife and safeguard our environment for future generations.
Pre-screening pop-up bar & exhibition
Arrive early and enjoy our pre-screening pop-up bar in the Midland Junction Arts Centre gallery, where you can explore the exhibition What Price Comfort? by artist Margery Goodall. The exhibition challenges ideas about packaging, consumption, waste and value by repurposing discarded household packaging into comfort blankets. It's a perfect companion to the film.
Learn more: https://www.midlandjunctionartscentre.com.au/exhibitions/what-price-comfort
About the film
The Plastic Country is a confronting, timely and deeply personal Australian documentary that challenges how we think about plastic, our health, our oceans and the systems that shape the world around us.
Follow Kal Glanznig — filmmaker, ocean advocate and Councillor — as he investigates Australia's growing plastic crisis, uncovering the hidden impacts of plastic pollution on coastlines, wildlife, communities and even our own bodies.
From remote beaches and stormwater drains to supermarket shelves, scientific laboratories and the halls of Parliament, this powerful documentary asks a difficult question: how did Australia become one of the world's biggest plastic-waste producers per person, and what will it take to turn the tide?
This is a story about pollution.
A story about health.
A story about accountability.
A story about hope, solutions and the future of Australia.
Agenda
- 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Pre-screening Social in the Gallery: What Price Comfort? by Margery Goodall
Our pre-screening pop-up bar will be hosted in the Midland Junction Arts Centre gallery providing an opportunity for attendees to view the exhibit - What Price Comfort? by artist Margery Goodall. This collection challenges idea about packaging in general; consumption, waste and value by repurposing discarded household packaging into "comfort blankets." Drinks available to purchase and complimentary snacks provided.
- 7:30 pm - 8:40 pm
The Plastic Country Screening
Take your drinks and snacks and head into the Auditorium for the documentary screening,
- 8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Post Screening Discussion Panel
We will round off the evening with a post-screening discussion panel, featuring Wasteless Pantry co-founder Amanda Welschbillig and Angela Radalj from WA Seabird Rescue, MCed by Amanda Dorn MLC.
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