Ecocinema in the City

Robin L. Murray is Professor of English, Film Studies, and Women’s Studies at Eastern Illinois University, USA Joseph K. Heumann is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Eastern Illinois University, USA

Introduction: Urban Nature on Film



Part I: Evolutionary Myths Under the City



1. The City, The Sewers, The Underground: Reconstructing Urban Space in Film Noir



2. Documenting Environmental Adaptation Under the City: Children Underground

Part II: Urban Eco-Trauma



3. Girls in the Hood: An Eco-Trauma of Childhood



4. Dogs and Eco-Trauma: the Making of a Monster in White God

Part III: Urban Nature and Interdependence



5. Hatari Means Danger: Filmic Representations of Animal Welfare and Environmentalism at the Zoo



6. Eco-Therapy in Central Park: Documenting Urban Birdwatching



7. Green Lungs: Partnering with Nature in the Urban Garden Film

Part IV: The Sustainable City



8. Urban Farming on Film: Moving Toward Environmental Justice in the City



9. Lives Worth Living and the Sustainable (and Accessible) City

Conclusion: The "Absent City" of the Future