“Sun offers a fresh, new voice for her generation and has made a film that can appeal to the masses”
– Honolulu Pulse
"Chilling film...journalist Angela Sun offers valuable new insights."
--The Hollywood Reporter
"Thoughtful new documentary by @sunnyangela examines the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
@plasticdise plasticparadisemovie.com #ppgp2"
--tweet by Al Gore
"Offers some alarming information that might cause viewers to think twice
about buying one-time-use water bottles."
-The Boston Globe
"Eye-opening insight...Plastic Paradise provides an informative, timely and
relevant look at the consequences of plastic consumption"
--Hawaii Intl Film Festival
"A film that moves the grassroots and has the audience thinking twice
before grabbing a straw to go with a beverage."
–San Diego Asian Film Festival
"Greatly harming our oceans, and killing and injuring countless marine creatures and seabirds.
You MUST see it to believe it.”
Ed Begley, Jr. actor/activist
"It's a very clear, concise and easily absorbed portrait of what's happening and what needs to happen…
really enjoyable to watch!”
-Brandon Boyd, lead singer Incubus
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EVERY single piece of plastic that has ever been created since the 19th century is still SOMEWHERE on our planet. So if it never goes away, where does it go?
About the film
Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more insidious than we could have ever imagined.
