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Mon, 01/13/2025 - 9:00am to 10:00am
An interview with Professor Rachel DeNitto
Eco-Disasters in Japanese Film. Japan has rich traditions of filmmaking and of approaching films as commentary on daily life. But Japanese cinema also offers rich commentary on ecological crises. Jan Haaken talks with University of Oregon professor Rachel DeNitto about her new book, Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema. DeNitto explains how filmmakers take up Japan’s history as victims of US atomic bombings and nuclear testing as well as the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011--and how films register public ambivalence and repression of the nuclear legacy. A touchstone throughout the book centers on how people both cope with ecological crises and resist the ongoing impacts of toxic industries.
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