Plastic Bag Store: The Film Screening

Watch the Plastic Bag Store: The Film Screening from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2022, at the McKinley Park field house, 2210 W. Pershing Road, Chicago.

Part of the One Earth Film Festival, the movie tells a dynamic series of stories that traverse ancient history, the present day and a future dystopia, employing inventive puppetry, humor and craft to explore how the hordes of plastic waste we leave behind today might be misinterpreted by future generations.

Preceding the movie is the 1-1/2 minute stop-action short film Plastic Ecosystem by Stefie Gan, an Official Selection from the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest.

Following the movie is a post-film discussion with facilitator Doug Dixon, principal of OUR Community, and panelists Robin Frohardt, film maker of the Plastic Bag Store, Paloma Paez-Coombe of the Coalition for Plastic Reduction, and Jaclyn Wegner, Director of Conservation Action at the Shedd Aquarium.

Register for free admission on the event page for the film screening from on the Eventbrite service.