Arts & Entertainment
8th Grader Helps Bring Straws Documentary To Winnetka
The award-winning documentary "Straws" will screen Oct. 24 at Winnetka Congregational Church.
WINNETKA-GLENCOE, IL - From Go Green Winnetka: STRAWS is an award-winning documentary that illuminates the problems related with straws and other single use plastic pollution that inundate our waterways and oceans. The film inspires a new path forward. STRAWS will screen at 725 Pine Street, in the Centennial Room, on October 24th at 7 pm, and is hosted by local 8th Grader, Bailey Byrnes and Go Green Winnetka.
“I hope to get people thinking about how small habits can add up to huge impact. Removing plastic straws is a tangible, simple change people and businesses can do that truly makes a difference,” says filmmaker, Linda Booker.
Local Junior High School Student, Bailey Byrnes and her friends, have teamed up with Go Green Winnetka to bring Straws to Winnetka and area residents.
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“We are so pleased to screen this film,” said Liz Kunkle with Go Green Winnetka. “Bringing our community together to watch STRAWS will undoubtedly inspire people to change their personal use of straws and other single use plastics, while also encouraging dialogue with businesses and community leaders.”
With colorful straw history animation and segments narrated by Oscar winner Tim Robbins, STRAWS (33 minutes) is funny and entertaining. The film leaves audiences with a clear understanding of the problems caused by plastic pollution. It illustrates how individuals, groups, business owners and leaders around the globe are reducing plastic straw use. STRAWS empowers individuals to be part of the solution.
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STRAWS won the Outstanding Achievement Award in Environmental Film at Cayman International Film Festival, and was called "An inspiring story of how it's possible to make a sea of change, one straw at a time," by the Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival.
Watch the trailer or book your own community screening: Video Project - STRAWS
WHAT: STRAWS Documentary Screening
WHERE: Winnetka Congregational Church- Centennial Room, 735 Pine Street, Winnetka, Il
WHEN: October, 24th 2018 @ 7PM
Image via YouTube., STRAWS