The following people and organizations contributed or continue to contribute to the production and promotion of All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic.
Production began in 2009 and the first public “invitation only” screening was at the Prospector Theater, Ridgefield, CT in 2016. In order to accomplish our goal for international distribution, we have created versions of the film with Chinese and Spanish subtitles. Other languages will be added, as our network continues to grow.
We continue to make our film available to an ever-widening spider web of contacts in public television broadcasting, the plastics industry and in educational institutions. However, due to the Corona virus pandemic we’ve suspended all personal appearances. The hosts of past screenings are included in our list. We are grateful to each and every one of you.
Research
Dr. Burk Wagner, Dr. Louis Pilato, Dr. Carlo Martino, Dr. Scott Wasserman, Ken Dalrymple, Lew Fishburg
Union Carbide/Dow roundtable consultation
Bound Brook, NJ
Glenn Beall
Glenn Beall Plastics Ltd.
Libertyville, IL
Jorge Caicedo Montes De Oca and Piedad Ceballos
The Art of Bakelite
New York, NY
Dr. Albert Cardon, retired Vyncolit/Sumitomo
Ghent, Belgium
Jennifer Landry, Andrew Mangravite, Rose DiVernieri Cook
The Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation)
Philadelphia, PA
Andrea DiNoto
New York, NY
Filip Du Prez, Eric Goethals
Ghent University
Kristel Wautier, Danny Segers
Ghent University, Museum for the History of Science, Belgium
Vanessa von Hessert
Healdsburg, CA
Bartholomew Bland
Hudson River Museum
Yonkers, NY
Jane Metzger
Yonkers, NY
Dr. Louis Pilato
Pilato Consulting
Bound Brook, NJ
David Haberstich
Archives Center Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History
Washington, D.C.
Dan Dalenberg
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc.
Manchester, CT
Mary Hoar
Yonkers Historical Society
Yonkers, NY
Dr. Burk Wagner
Retired Union Carbide/Dow Chemical
Middlesex, NJ
Production/Post Production
(For cast and crew, please go to IMBd page for individual credits)
Legal
Andrew Raider Wood
Wood Media Law
New York, NY
Ongoing Production Services
Translations:
Sergio Ruffolo
JR Translation Service
Webster, NY
jrlanguage.com
Chinese:
Professor Tong Zhao
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jason Cui
Secretary SAMPE China Mainland Region
Taiping “Debbie” Dong
Chinese medicine practitioner at Meridians Inc.
Ridgefield, CT
Spanish:
Fidelina Chireno-Maher, wife of Director, John Maher
Terryville, CT
Promotion/Marketing Support:
Russ Broome & Mia Freis Quinn
PLASTICS Industry Association
Hosts of Screenings (in chronological order)
Lisa Potash
The Prospector Theater
Ridgefield, CT
Dr. Cindie Kehlet
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Maggie McIntyre
Mark Twain Library
Redding, CT
Luc Strybol
Flanders Investment and Trade Commission
Flanders House
New York, NY
Eric Kronebusch
Fountain Valley School
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Holly Betts
Westport Center for Senior Activities
Westport, CT
B. Jane Brymer, Art McClain, Jim Evans
Union Carbide Charlie’s Angels
Newtown, CT
Russ Broome and Bob Grace
Society of Plastics Engineers
Design in Plastics Conference
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
Richard Seabury
Dodge Brothers Club
Budd Lake, NJ
Ann Raymond, Mary Erlanger and Lauren Rachelson
Meadow Ridge Retirement Community
Redding, CT
Dr. Brendon Howlin and Dr. Ian Hamerton
Baekeland Thermoset Symposium
University of Surrey, Great Britain
Sue Mossman
Plastics Historical Society
London, Great Britain
Finn Willems
BelCham
Flanders Investment and Trade Commission
New York, NY
Dr. Burk Wagner
Union Carbide Retiree’s Luncheon (UCC Group)
Middlesex, NJ
Patty Schumann
Yonkers Film Festival (YoFi)
Yonkers, NY
Daniel Ksepka
Bruce Museum
Greenwich, CT
David Haberstich
SC Johnson Center, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Washington, D.C.
Glenn Beall
Plastic Pioneers Association
Arlington, VA
Dr. David Kazmer & Dr. Robert Malloy
Department of Plastics Engineering
UMass Lowell
Lowell, MA
Tom Carruthers
CT FEST 52
Bethel Cinema
Bethel, CT
Jeffrey Meikle
University of Texas, Austin
Hunter Todd
WorldFest
Houston, TX
Ken Sowman
Plastics New Zealand
David Haberstich
SC Johnson Center, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (encore presentation)
Washington, D.C.
Wim De Vos and Russ Broome
Society of Plastics Engineers
75th Anniversary Gala and ANTEC
Anaheim, CA
Daniel Ksepka
Bruce Museum (encore presentation)
Greenwich, CT
Eileen Topitzer
Cheshire Public Library
Cheshire, CT
John Ellsworth
Vintage Radio Museum
Windsor, CT
Willem De Vos
Ghent University 200th Anniversary
Ghent, Belgium
Eric Germeys
Helvoet Technologies
Lommel, Belgium
Professor Hatsuo “Ken” Ishida
Department of Macromolecular Chemistry
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Bob Grace
Design in Plastics Conference
Detroit, MI
Brittney Anne Bahlman
NYU Tandon
Brooklyn, NY
Len Nunnery
Thermoset Symposium
Indianapolis, IN
Liz Chang
Society of Plastics Engineers New Jersey Chapter
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Tracy Steneken
Pequot Library
Southport, CT
Dr. Louis Pilato, Borys Schafran and Joe Abrantes
Evonik Industries
Piscataway, NJ
Dr. Eckart Nausch
European Phenolic Resins Association
Dusseldorf, Germany
Dan Friedman, Director of Development and
Lindsay Hearon, Marketing Director
Bedford Playhouse
Bedford, NY
Sue Montgomery Corey, Theater Manager
Indian Lake Theater
Indian Lake, NY
Dr. Maria Elvira Callapez Callapez
History of Science and Technology
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Plastics Heritage Congress 2019
Professor Angels Serra
Department of Analytical Organic Chemistry
University of Tarragona, Spain
VII International Baekeland Symposium