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Trashed
Directed byCandida Brady
StarringJeremy Irons
Music byVangelis
Release date
  • December 14, 2012 (2012-12-14)
Running time
98 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Trashed is an award-winning [1] [2] [3] documentary feature film, written and directed by British film-maker Candida Brady.[4] It follows Oscar-winning [5] actor Jeremy Irons as he investigates the global scale and impact of humanity's waste. [6] Trashed was premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2012.[7] Since then it has been screened at the UK Houses of Parliament,[8] the Welsh Assembly, [9] the Scottish Parliament,[10] the European Parliament[11] and the French National Assembly.[12] It has been shown at numerous film festivals worldwide, from Yale[13] to Jakarta.[14]

Critical reception was overwhelmingly positive:[15] "...for all the poisonous truths in “Trashed,” there are also solid grass-roots solutions that, as presented, feel do-able and politically digestible. That helps, because everything Irons finds puts you off food. Crucial viewing for realists and alarmists both" commented the New York Daily News.[16]"(a) global crisis that's vividly, relentlessly detailed in the vital documentary "Trashed"" said the LA Times [17]