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The Story of Plastic

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Directed by Deia Schlosberg
Produced by Deia Schlosberg, Kyle Cadotte, and Megan Ponder
Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Hale
With: Carroll Muffett, Diane Wilson, Delphine Levi Alvares, Ellen Gerhart, Elise Gerhart Emma Priestland, Froilan Grate, Joan Marc Simon, Mao Da, Pratibha Sharma, Prigi Arisandi, Priscilla Villa-Watt, Martin Bourque, Shibu K. Nair, Tiza Mafira, Von Hernandez, and Yvette Arellano
Cinematography: Deia Schlosberg and Melissa Lesh
Editing: Brian Wilson and Tony Hale
Music: Mike McCready and Cody Westheimer
Runtime: 95 min
Release Date: 22 March 2020
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Color: Color
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A wealth of strong interviews and distressing footage illustrates how governments, industry, and consumers have allowed
 plastic waste to clog the world's land, sky and waterways; also explains how the law of supply and demand was inverted for this petrochemical product.