Italian Ecocinema

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How does cinema shape our relationship with nature and the nonhuman? Can movies have a visible impact on territories and topographies? How has environmental cinema emerged in Italy? What are its major trends? Students ecocritically read a variety of visual and theoretical texts, analyzing the relationship and mutual influence of Italian films and Italy's diverse physical, cultural and social geographies. Discusses instances of ecocinema and proto-environmental cinema from the past sixty years and explores the theoretical discourse surrounding nature and the environment that has emerged and shaped the way we approach the natural world.