14 Women. 3,000 Nautical Miles. X Trillion Pieces of Plastic
Feature Documentary Follows Pioneering All-Women Expedition to Great Pacific Garbage Patch. World Premiere: 1 May 2024
X Trillion – a film following the renowned all-women ‘eXXpedition North Pacific’ to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – premieres on 1 May 2024 at Curzon Soho, in London.
The feature debut by Eleanor Church follows the gruelling journey of eXXpedition’s all-women crew led by British skipper and ocean advocate Emily Penn, as they sail 3,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean through the densest accumulation of ocean plastic on the planet – in order to make the unseen, seen.
The Premiere event kicks off a number of screenings around the UK and the broadcast premiere will air on Warner Bros. Discovery (EMEA region, multiple territories) on World Ocean Day, 8th June 2024.
Screening Dates – for latest list of screening dates and venues visit: https://www.xtrillionfilm.com/
The 14 women international crew was made up of scientists, filmmakers, circular-economists, engineers, teachers, packaging designers and creators – but very few were sailors.
It is a life-affirming story of adventure, discovery, science, solidarity and a call to action that burns with optimism.
Emily Penn, eXXpedition Director says: “We know that there is no silver bullet to solve the plastic problem. Our expeditions help people to understand the true challenge of ocean plastic pollution, so they can use their skills to solve it from sea to source. This voyage turned these incredible women into ambassadors for change, with the power to help transform our future. It’s amazing to see the impact they’ve achieved since!”
“We hope the film will take audiences with us on this journey, so that they too are inspired about all the ways they can be changemakers. We don’t need everyone to do everything, we need everyone to do something.”
Eleanor Church X Trillion Director, said: “We were a crew of women with different skills, goals and motivations, brought together to witness and record the true extent of the plastic pollution crisis – with a focus on micro plastics and their toxic impact on female bodies in particular. We all emerged transformed by the experience and are committed to telling the story of what we witnessed and working to find solutions.
“The film is about this global crisis, but more than that it highlights the crucial role women play in helping to change systems and find solutions to the big problems facing humanity.”
Produced by Verity Wislocki, the film explores the practical and emotional responses to one of the biggest global challenges of our time, as the crew leave families and land behind, to battle high seas, storms and sea sickness, and carry out cutting-edge microplastics research. For the first time the film turns the camera on the extent of the plastic pollution crisis in one of the most remote places on Earth.
As Michelle Byle, crew member and packaging designer, sums up in the film: “We are about as far away from civilisation as one can get. Yet here, all around us, is evidence of our daily lives on land. Our choices. Our purchases. This is your old toothbrush, my empty shampoo bottle, the lid to his coffee cup.”
The crew recorded an average of half a million pieces of microplastics per square kilometre here, and that was only on the surface. Who knows how much is in the 5,000 metres of water beneath. The scientific data they gathered has been used as part of ten international research projects.
eXXpedition North Pacific, in collaboration with TOMRA, was the 10th eXXpedition mission. The overall mission aboard Sea Dragon, a 72ft scientific exploration vessel included two voyage legs of which X Trillion is a film about the first. Leg 1: Oahu, Hawaii to Vancouver, British Columbia and Leg 2: Vancouver to Seattle where the journey ended.
It set out for answers to questions like: Where is the plastic coming from? What does it mean for our natural world and human health? And what can be done to solve it?
https://www.xtrillionfilm.com/
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