CREATIVE TEAM & CREDITS
CREATIVE TEAM Atsuko Quirk, Director, Producer, Cinematographer and Editor is a documentary filmmaker, environmental advocate and CafeteriaCulture.org Program and Media Director. She is a 21st generation Samurai family member from northern Japan, living in NYC. Her documentary, "Its Everybody’s Ocean" won Best Documentary Short at NYC International Film Festival (2014) and has been screened in film festivals in ten cities around the world. “School Lunch in Japan - It’s not just about eating" (2010), her short documentary, has over 25 million views on YouTube! The movie conveys the importance of quality school mealtime and has inspired international audiences of students, educators, and school food leaders, as well as Cafcu’s own zero waste cafeteria programs. (more about Atsuko ->) Debby Lee Cohen, Director, Producer, and Animation Director on CSO and title segments - is a multi-media artist/activist and Executive Director and Founder of CafeteriaCulture.org. She designed scenery, puppets, and animation for theater, parades, film and television, including design for HBO shows, "Classical Baby" and "Saving My Tomorrow.” In partnership with parents, students and NYC school food directors, she led the Styrofoam Out of Schools campaign, resulting in the elimination of half a billion plastic styrofoam trays per year from landfills, incinerators and students meals in NYC and 9 other cities. Debby Lee received a Proclamation from Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (2018) for her zero waste efforts and is a board member of Manhattan SWAB and Plastic Free Waters Partnership NY/NJ. (more about Debby Lee ->) Daniel Ramos, Lead Animator/Visual Effects Designer and CafeteriaCulture.org Multi-media Assistant, is a Brooklyn native, born and raised in the neighborhood of Williamsburg. Since childhood, he has had a passion for computer and digital technology, having constructed his own computer as a teenager. This led him to the field of film and media, earning a BFA in Radio and Television production at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), broadening his interest in visual effects and animation. Currently, his many roles at Cafeteria Culture include filming, editing, and creating animation and digital effects for the Microplastic Madness movie. |
Cafeteria Culture Team
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THE STARS5th grade students P.S. 15 K Red Hook, Brooklyn,
Class of 2017-18 Narrators:
Maggie Dalencour and Skylene Morales Angel Acosta Roua Alzandani Jayleen Antonetty Ronen Battis Aden Campbell Desire Borden Tracy Bedell Joshua Caraballo Andrew Cartagena Isaiah Carow Emily Colbert Pedro Lopez Chan Khamari David Kayla Delgado J'vonn Edwards Nazeah Ellison Angel Encarnacion Grace Foley-Murphy Olivia Gonsalves Arianna Gonzalez Jack Guido Adonis Hall Zion Harris Ixchel Herrera Cruz Huntley Daquan Lee Sharon Li Bridgette Llera Isaiah Llera Nixzmary Martinez Jazel Mclean Devin Monroe Christian Morales Abraham Nagi Tiffany Nunez Aliyah Oneal Luis Perez Jayla Purvis Jaylene Portalatin Shayla Pyrant Donni Jr. Riley Skylar Rogers Damien Rodriguez Jahde Rodriguez Valerie Rodriguez Mia Rosoboro Yaseem Ross-Townsend Nautical Rosa Kalena Rudnicki Angellina Sanchez Sanaya Santiago Travis Scott Ziannah Smith Tamara Torres Sincere Vanderhorst Mikayla Williams Jahziyiah Worrell |
THE EXPERTSExperts and Scientists (in order of appearance)
Red Hook and P.S. 15P.S. 15 Patrick F Daly, Red Hook Brooklyn
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MICROPLASTIC MADNESS
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