a documentary film by

Tyler Robinson, Vanessa Bergonzoli, Jeremy Kaplan

Synopsis

Our Own House is a portrait of a community coming to grips with the reality of managing plastic waste in one of the most remote towns in the world. The locals in Punta Gorda, aka “PG” in southern Belize, remember a time without electricity, paved roads or plastics. Amidst the growing influx of single-use plastics, an activist and his neighbors confront the growing threat to their piece of paradise.