Description:
Examining a variety of films that imagine a catastrophic future, from Children of Men to The Book of Eli, E. Ann Kaplan considers how they have exacerbated our sense of impending dread, triggering what she terms "Pretraumatic Stress Disorder." But Climate Trauma also explores ways these films might help us productively engage with our anxieties about climate change, giving us a prophetic glimpse of the terrifying future selves we might still work to avoid becoming.
Review Quotes: "If you've been following the rising tide of discussion on climate change, perhaps you've noticed that Hollywood has also been beating a similar drum--for years. In Climate Trauma author E. Ann Kaplan shows how movies as far back as the 1970s have depicted scenarios of future gloom tied to human neglect and mistreatment of our planet--and how dystopian films can still inspire us with hope for a better world."-- "Parade"