Ecocinema, Media, and the Environment
This blog explores popular film and media and their relationship to the environment.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Twelfth Annual Embarras Valley Film Festival: Film Culture and Civil Rights in Illinois
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The Embarras Valley Film Festival celebrates its 12 th year with a focus on civil rights in Illinois. Our theme...
Friday, October 14, 2016
There Will be Blood (2007) and the Power of Spectacle
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Oil frontier films equate land acquisition with a sense of progress as a way to tame the frontier, no matter wha...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Smoke Signals (1998) and Environmental Adaptations
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After watching Charlie's Country (2013) about aboriginal journeys, Smoke Signals came to mi...
Friday, September 30, 2016
Living with Nature in Rams (2015)
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Recently I heard Norse writers and directors discussing how their mythology influenced their views of the natural world. One director me...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Bob and the Trees: Netflix, Climate Change, and the Economy in the Berkshires
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Screened in notable film festivals around the world including the Maryland Film Festival, Hamburg Int. Short Fil...
Monday, September 19, 2016
Curating a Western Film Series at the Autry
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In January and February 2017, we will be curating a film series at The Autry Museum of the American West. "The Autry"—brin...
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Monstrous Nature in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art!
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Monstrous Nature: Environment and Horror on the Big Screen: Part of the Museum's "Guillermo del Toro At Home with Monsters" E...
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