Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal
The paper attempts to read the Endosulfan disaster in Kerala as an instance of the Anthropocene wherein the unscientific use of a pesticide resulted in the persistent misery of a population and the ecology in which they struggle to survive. The suffering is further presented to a larger audience thr...
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| description | The paper attempts to read the Endosulfan disaster in Kerala as an instance of the Anthropocene wherein the unscientific use of a pesticide resulted in the persistent misery of a population and the ecology in which they struggle to survive. The suffering is further presented to a larger audience through the film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal (2015, Dir. Dr Biju) by assimilating the reel and the real to bear testimony to their struggles amidst the toxicity of the chemical. The film, as the paper argues, becomes a representative text in the eco-trauma genre that on the one hand displays the disaster while on the other offers a cultural resistance against the unchecked use of chemicals around us. The film situates the Endosulfan disaster amongst the global movements against the pesticides and emphasises the need of a healthy environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57f30cdf68b849ee9bbd38f2de69a5a22022-12-22T04:23:59ZengUniversity of PittsburghCINEJ Cinema Journal2158-87242021-12-019214716310.5195/cinej.2021.391272Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla PakshikalBibin Thomas0Reju George Mathew1School of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology CalicutSchool of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology CalicutThe paper attempts to read the Endosulfan disaster in Kerala as an instance of the Anthropocene wherein the unscientific use of a pesticide resulted in the persistent misery of a population and the ecology in which they struggle to survive. The suffering is further presented to a larger audience through the film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal (2015, Dir. Dr Biju) by assimilating the reel and the real to bear testimony to their struggles amidst the toxicity of the chemical. The film, as the paper argues, becomes a representative text in the eco-trauma genre that on the one hand displays the disaster while on the other offers a cultural resistance against the unchecked use of chemicals around us. The film situates the Endosulfan disaster amongst the global movements against the pesticides and emphasises the need of a healthy environment.https://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/391anthropoceneendosulfankasargodpesticidetestimonyeco-traumafilmenvironment |
| spellingShingle | Bibin Thomas Reju George Mathew Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal CINEJ Cinema Journal anthropocene endosulfan kasargod pesticide testimony eco-trauma film environment |
| title | Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal |
| title_full | Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal |
| title_fullStr | Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal |
| title_short | Real, Reel and the Anthropocene: Eco-trauma Testimonies in the Film Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal |
| title_sort | real reel and the anthropocene eco trauma testimonies in the film valiya chirakulla pakshikal |
| topic | anthropocene endosulfan kasargod pesticide testimony eco-trauma film environment |
| url | https://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/391 |
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