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Preparation
A Plastic Ocean
A Plastic Ocean is a film to make you think. Think, and then act. We need to take action on our dependence on plastic. We've been producing plastic in huge quantities since the 1940s. Drink bottles, shopping bags, toiletries and even clothes are made with plastic. 1) _____. What happens to all the rest? This is the question the film A Plastic Ocean answers. It is a documentary that looks at the impact that plastic waste has on the environment. Spoiler alert: the impact is devastating.
The film begins as a journey to film the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale. But during the journey the filmmakers (journalist Craig Leeson and environmental activist Tanya Streeter) make the shocking discovery of a huge, thick layer of plastic floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean. 2) _____. In total, they visited 20 locations around the world during the four years it took them to make the film. The documentary premiered in 2016, and is now on streaming services such as Netflix.
It's very clear that a lot of research went into the film. There are beautiful shots of the seas and marine life. 3) _____. We see how marine species are being killed by all the plastic we are dumping in the ocean. The message about our use of plastic is painfully obvious.
4) _____. In the second half, the filmmakers look at what we can do to reverse the tide of plastic flowing around the world. They present short-term and long-term solutions. These include avoiding plastic containers and 'single-use' plastic products as much as possible. Reuse your plastic bags and recycle as much as you can. The filmmakers also stress the need for governments to work more on recycling programmes, and look at how technology is developing that can convert plastic into fuel.
We make a staggering amount of plastic. In terms of plastic bags alone, we use five hundred billion worldwide annually. Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, and at least 8 million of those are dumped into the oceans. 5) _____. Once you've seen A Plastic Ocean, you'll realise the time is now and we all have a role to play.
Hello british_user_123,
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Peter
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Reading text is not showing in the desktop version of website
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Hi,
I have just checked the code and the text is tagged as ad content, so ad blockers are blocking it. If you can take those tags off it should be ok. I imagine other resources have the same issue, but I haven't looked at any of them yet.
It's about line 437.
Hope you get this and can edit it.
Jonathan
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Kirk
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Based on my experience to enjoy the documentary film, i recommand you to watch "Ice Cold: Murder" on netflix, it's totally give you a new experience to enjoy a documentary film. And the seccond, if you are indonesian people i think you should to watch "Dirty Vote" it is can be open your mind and knowing what you don't know before, but it is could be a offensive film, couse this film tell you about a bad goverment, so if you haven't interest about a political, I'm not really to recommand.
What documentary films would you recommend?
I highly recommend you watch the documentary called "Bear's Wild" on Discovery Channel. This series illustrates an expert's exploration expeditions in a variety of extreme weather and environmental conditions around the world.
Has been a while since a watched a documentary but I can recommended The social dilemma, it's a netlix documentary about the social media and their impact in our life.
(Please if you identify any mistakes in my writing feel free to reply)
What documentary films would you recommend?
I did not watch any documentary films so I cannot recommend anyone. I noted many interesting documentary films in the comments. I will watch them all when I have time.