Followed by a discussion with director Rory Fielding and Dr. David Davis from the University of Miami School of Medicine Brain Bank, Sam Look, Executive Director of the Vineyard Conservation Society, Laurisa Rich (activist) and Quinlan Slavin (a teen involved with Plastic Free MV initiative)
We’re All Plastic People Now is an Emmy Winning documentary introduced
by Ted Danson and featured at the 2024 Santa Fe Film Festival.
It’s in the air. It’s in the water. In an era of throw-away ease, plastic has cost us our well-being. It’s been found inside our bodies, our colons, our brains, in breast milk and developing wombs. Now, it’s even in our hearts.
This groundbreaking film, for the first time ever, tests the producer’s blood and four generations of family members for chemicals derived from plastic. The results are alarming.
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Rory Fielding is an Emmy award-winning director and producer. His recent film, We’re All Plastic People Now explores the effects of plastic pollution on human health. We’re All Plastic People Now won the 2023 Emmy for a Long Form Documentary. The film, introduced by Ted Danson airs nationwide. We’re All Plastic Now has been accepted by the prestigious Santa Fe Film Festival, April 2024.
Fielding produced the national PBS Documentary Troubled Waters featuring Ted Danson, highlighting the effects of climate change and human impact upon our oceans and its sea creatures. It was nominated for five Emmys, winning two for Directing and Photography.
He directed 1955, Seven Days of Fall, broadcast nationwide on PBS. 1955 earned three major awards including New York Independent Film Festival Award for Best Documentary. 1955 is a baseball classic, now residing in the Hall of Fame, Cooperstown NY.
He has directed numerous films including biographies of musical artists, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and other notable artists.
Rory was twice honored by the Associated Press for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. He is a graduate of New York University where he served as an Associate Professor of Film & Television and continues to screen his works and guest lecture at major universities. He serves as an Emmy judge for the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Samantha Look is the Executive Director of the Vineyard Conservation Society, a local environmental nonprofit dedicated to the protection of the Island’s land and water. VCS is always looking for solutions to the Vineyard’s environmental challenges. Among various projects, Samantha has helped advance the Island’s plastic bag ban, the West Tisbury “Big House” bylaw, assisted with the development of the Land Use, Natural Resources and Biodiversity portion of the Vineyard’s Climate Action Plan and helped launch the Island Climate Action Network.
Sam was lucky to grow up on the Island spending much of her time exploring and better knowing the Island’s wild spaces. It was these experiences that developed a love of place and passion for nature that drives her work today.
Quinlan Slavin lives in Chilmark and is a junior at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. He participated in the Plastic Free MV group during middle school. The group passed the single use plastic water and soda ban in all six island towns. Quinlan works for an oyster farming in the summer and wants to be a part of preserving the environment of the Vineyard for future generations.
