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Microplastic Madness - movie

CREATIVE TEAM  & CREDITS

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CREATIVE TEAM

Atsuko Quirk
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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 ->)
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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.
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Cafeteria Culture Team

  • Rhonda Keyser, Community Outreach Director
  • Lena Greenberg, Plastic Free Waters Program Lead Teacher at P.S. 15,  Co-director of the Plastic Free Lunch Day Project, and Curriculum Designer
  • Marjorie Duverge, Post Production Administrator​

THE STARS

5th grade students P.S. 15 K Red Hook, Brooklyn,
​Class of 2017-18
Narrators:
Maggie Dalencour and Skylene Morales
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Angel Acosta                           Roua Alzandani

Jayleen Antonetty                  Ronen Battis
Aden Campbell                       Desire Borden
Tracy Bedell                            Joshua Caraballo           
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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 
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THE EXPERTS 

Experts and Scientists (in order of appearance)
  • Dan Meharg, Education Specialist/Park Ranger, Gateway National Recreation Area. National Park Service 
  • Marcus Eriksen, Ph.D, Research Director, The 5 Gyres Institute
  • Eric Angel Ramos, Ph.D. Candidate , Animal Behavior & Comparative Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
  • Chelsea M Rochman, Ph.D Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, St. George, Rochman Lab
  • Jennifer Kline, Schools Research and Outreach Specialist, Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability, New York City Department of Sanitation
  • Racheal Z. Miller, Founder, Chief Ocean Lover, Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean
  • Judith Enck, Former Region 2 Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency, Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow at Bennington College, Founder - Beyond Plastics
  • Stephen O'Brien, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Office of Food and Nutrition Services, NYC Department Of Education​​

Red Hook and P.S. 15 


​P.S. 15 Patrick F Daly, Red Hook Brooklyn
  • The 5th grade teachers -  Ms. Ieman Elsoghby, Ms. Suzanne Barzyz, Ms. Megan Dolan, Ms. Sara Popow
  •  Ms. Stephanie Knight, School Aides Supervisor
  •  Ms. Peggy Wyns-Madison, School Principal
Red Hook Community 
  • Carolina Salguero, Founder and President, PortSide New York

MICROPLASTIC MADNESS
AWARDS!

  • ​Grand Jury Award  - Greenpoint Film Festival

  • Best Documentary - Amateur Category (over 40 minutes), Raw Science Film Festival

  • Best Feature Documentary Film - Audience Choice, Providence Children’s Film Festival

  • Best Documentary Feature Award - Youth Jury, Children’s Film Festival Seattle

  • Best Solution Award, Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Art Festival

  • Peggy Charred Award for Excellence, Boston International Kids Film Festival
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We envision a plastic free, equitable zero waste future where landfill and incinerator garbage as we know it no longer exists;
where post consumption waste from food to packaging is drastically reduced
and what remains benefits our schools, communities, and the environment. 


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