Private Screening Audience Reactions
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic private screening at The Prospector Theater in Ridgefield, CT on Saturday, March 19th, 2016. This video shows the audience reaction to the film.
The Age of Plastic
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic, a film by John Maher, is a virtual periodic table of elements that combine to create a joyous and provocative story about the “father of modern plastics”. In 1907, Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian-born American chemist, made one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century: Bakelite. It was the first wholly synthetic plastic and it ushered in an explosion of new man-made materials that marked the beginnings of our modern industrial age.
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic private screening at The Prospector Theater in Ridgefield, CT on Saturday, March 19th, 2016. This video shows the audience reaction to the film.
History comes alive in this unique one-hour documentary that is as innovative and fluid as its subject. It blends together beautifully realized period re-enactments of Baekeland’s life, rare archival footage, photos, first-person accounts, interviews with scientists, historians, and artists, and clever musical performances that capture both the wonder and the curse of Baekeland’s alchemy.
The primary source and inspiration for this illuminating film is one of the great grandsons of Baekeland himself, Hugh Karraker, who is also the film’s executive producer. All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic is suitable for all audiences interested in the human drama that underlies history, science, business, and design—with the surprising twist that the nature of plastic reveals the nature of people.
Hugh Karraker is Executive Producer of the documentary film, All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic. He is a great...
As a cinematic artist, John Maher is the true definition of a Renaissance man. His interest and knowledge in a broad...
Craig brings over thirty years of production experience to All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic, and a long ...
Marty Fegy is a video producer as well as a composer of music for film and television. All Things Bakelite:...