Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s leading documentary festival, presents a film from their 2024 programme – Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics (dir. Ben Addelman & Ziya Tong) – one woman’s daunting quest to understand just how much plastic has infused our environment, our bodies and our lives.
The film screening will be followed by a discussion with researchers from The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, reflecting on the questions raised by the film, outlining why we need to reassess our views on plastics, and exploring the university’s cross disciplinary research projects aiming to tackle plastic pollution.