THEME EXPLORATION

environmental hardship

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
To Live
To Live
1994 · Zhang Yimou
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019 · Dean DeBlois
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Ang Lee
For Monkeys Only
For Monkeys Only
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films consistently document humanity's struggle against hostile natural environments and ecological devastation, from Fitzcarraldo to Grizzly Man.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

Her films examine economic precarity and environmental displacement through intimate portraits of people struggling against systemic hardship, notably in Nomadland and The Rider.