As part of the monthly environmental film club I run at UWE, Bristol I often get given many brilliant recommendations from the audience members. The discussions after our screenings explore quite a broad range of topics which has so far ranged from creating impact, behaviour change, animal welfare, decolonialisation, climate communication, anthropomorphism1 and the human/nature divide. I have missed many others out! But as we journey from topic to topic, the audience member’s often end up sharing suggested readings or further watching from their specialist areas of interest.
I thought I would create a list of these suggestions to update and share as the sessions go along so that people who come along have something to refer back to if they are interest. Here is what I have managed to capture so far:
In response to: Disney’s Polar Bear (2022)
- The Cove (2009) – Environmental documentary
- BBC’s Lost Land of the Jaguar (2008) – Television series
- Netflix and WWF’s Our Planet (2019) – Impact Report
In response to: BBC’s Save Our Wild Isles (2023)
- Seaspiracy (2021) – Film
- Microcosmos: Le peuple de l’herbe (1996) – Film
- How Forests Think: Towards an Anthropology Beyond the Human by Eduardo Kohn (2023) – Book
- Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds by Merlin Sheldrake (2021) – Book
- Landmarks (2017) by Robert Macfarlane – Book
Hope you enjoy the suggestions, I’m sure I will. I will add more as the screenings go. Let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions of your own on the contact page. Thank you!
- “Anthropomorphism” is when human emotions, values or characteristics are given to non-human beings or objects. ↩︎
Jelena Krivosic 