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Screening: Overload-America's Toxic Love Story

  • Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake Street Oak Park, IL, 60301 United States (map)

From One Earth Film Fest:

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: Soozie Eastman learns that hundreds of synthetic toxins are now found in every baby born in America and the government and chemical corporations are doing little to protect citizens and consumers. With guidance from world-renowned physicians and environmental leaders, interviews with scientists and politicians, and stories of everyday Americans, Soozie uncovers how we got to be so overloaded with chemicals and if there is anything we can do to take control of our exposure.

Soozie Eastman/2019/68 min/Health & the Environment, People & Culture

Before the film, enjoy a Young Filmmakers Contest honorable mention short film at the middle school level, “Green Gone." After the film, join us for post-film Q&A with Soozie Eastman, Director of "Overload: America's Toxic Love Story." Learn about and engage in opportunities to take local action on the film's topics from Sugar Beet Food Coop, Beauty Counter, Go Green Oak Park, Stonebrook Capital Management, and Chad Keast Hair. Facilitator: Dr. David Holmquist, Founder, Progressive Carbon Pricing Forum. Refreshments will be available.

Presented in partnership with Go Green Oak Park. Doors open 30 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines and get best seats. ADA compliant accessible venue. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend.

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