Monday, September 26, 2011

How to Boil a Frog: a Republican Presidential Candidate's Nightmare

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In the last few months, Republican candidates have made clear their lack of faith in science. Few candidates will admit ...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

*The Red Desert*: An Industrial Hellhole

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Michelangelo Antonioni once said "There are people who adapt, and others who can't manage, perhaps because they are tied to ways of...
Monday, September 12, 2011

The Great Flood, The River, Wild River, and Environmental Racism

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This weekend we attended a screening of The Great Flood (2011) as part of the Ellinora Guitar Festival at the Krannert Center in Champaign ...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

*Salt of the Earth* and Environmental Justice: Human Ecology and Gender in the Mines

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Salt of the Earth and Environmental Justice: Human Ecology and Gender in the Mines In Salt of the Earth (1953), the female star of the pict...
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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 ...