Sunday, August 28, 2011

The Devil Comes on Horseback, The Milk of Sorrows, and The Maid

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Watching orders to evacuate along the shores of North Carolina, Virginia, New York and New Jersey to avoid Hurricane Irene and its aftermath...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Nightmares and Nature in Eco-Disaster Cinema

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Here's a nightmare scenario that even films like The China Syndrome could never imagine: The East Coast of the United States is hit by ...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

The Help, Live-In Maid, and The Oblongs: From Environmental Racism to Environmental Justice

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The Help , Live-In Maid , and The Oblongs : From Environmental Racism to Environmental Justice Recently I screened both The Help (2011), a ...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Animal Rights, *The Rise of the Planet of the Apes*, and NIMH

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A few days ago, I overheard a friend talking about a owning a pet raccoon as a child. For him it was the ideal pet, primarily because it had...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

*Mardis Gras: Made in China*: Social and Environmental Justice of Beads

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 Near the opening of  Mardis Gras: Made in China (2005), one reveler explains the purpose of Mardis Gras beads: “Beads for Boobs,” and the ...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

"Waste Land"?

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PRI’s “The World’s” report on Ordos, China’s attempts to integrate composting toilets into an eco-friendly apartment complex reminded me of ...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Poison Water and Natural Resources in Westerns

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Westerns from the 1950s address some of the same environmental issues discussed in contemporary films like Crude .   Broken Lance (1954) , ...