This video essay explores the surprisingly radical ecological messages in Disney’s Strange World. The movie’s visuals are borrowed from old pulp adventure magazines but its theme has much more in common with Solarpunk narratives.
REFERENCES
• Lyla June’s talk “3000-Year-Old Solutions To Modern Problems“
• Decommodified version of “Dear Alice” by Waffle To The Left
• The Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers
• Join The Sunrise Movement
• The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
• “What is Solarpunk?” by Andrewism
• “Why Solarpunk is not enough” by Andrewism
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